CAE USA wins contracts for US Army Special Operations Forces mission rehearsal and training systems - Initial contract valued at approximately US$43 million - Negotiations continuing for contracts valued at more than US$42 million TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) - The US Army Program Executive Office - Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO-STRI) has awarded CAE USA a contract valued at more than US$43 million (C$57 million) to provide a new MH-47G Chinook combat mission simulator (CMS) and begin design for refurbishment and upgrade of the existing MH-60K Black Hawk CMS for the Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment - Airborne. Negotiations between the US Army and CAE are continuing and will result in additional contracts for CAE to design an open, standards-based common environment and common database architecture as well as the development and manufacture of an MH-60K Block 1 CMS. These additional contracts are expected to be valued atmore than US$42 million (C$56 million) and will be signed later this year. CAE has already begun work to design MH-47 and MH-60 desktop and part task trainers based on CAE Simfinity(TM) technology for the Army's elite Night Stalkers unit under a US$5 million contract signed several months ago. "Our special operations forces are often the first ones called to action, so we need sophisticated and realistic mission rehearsal and training systems," said Major Mike Newell, assistant product manager, Special Operations Forces Training Systems, US Army PEO-STRI. "The new MH-47 and MH-60 CMSs, combined with the pending delivery of the MH-6 Little Bird CMS, will give our special operations aviators the tools required to practice and validate missions as ateam to ensure mission success." The MH-47G and MH-60K Block 1 CMSs will include the common avionics architecture system (CAAS), which is designed to provide the Army's special operations MH-47, MH-60 and MH-6 helicopter fleets with a common avionics capability. The two new CMSs will feature the CAE Medallion-S(TM) image generator and a large field-of-view display system. In addition, the Black Hawk and Little Bird simulators will include the ability to simulate flight of aircraft with "doors off". One of the key technical innovations will be CAE's development of the common environment/common database architecture, which will significantly enhance mission rehearsal capabilities. The MH-47G CMS will be delivered to Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, in early 2006 while the MH-60K CMS will be scheduled for delivery later that year. "The US special operations forces are the tip of the spear in the war on terrorism and the Department of Defense recognizes that these elite forces need the best training and equipment to ensure the highest probability of success," said John Lenyo, president and general manager, CAE USA. "We are committed to designing and delivering some of the most advanced training systems in the world for the Night Stalkers, and believe CAE's technology leadership will continue to position us for the expanding training requirements of the special operations community." CAE is a leading provider of integrated training solutions and advanced simulation and controls technologies to military,civil aviation and marine customers. The company generates annual revenues in excess of C$1 billion and employs about 5,500 people in Canada, the United States and around the globe. DATASOURCE: CAE INC. CONTACT: Media contacts: Arthur C. Perron, Vice-President, Government and Media Relations, (514) 340-5370, ; Defense/trade media: Chris Stellwag, Director, Marketing Communications MS&T, (813) 887-1242, ; Investor relations: Andrew Arnovitz, Director, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, (514) 734-5760, ; Contact at U.S. Army: Mary W. Trier, PEO-STRI, (407) 384-3521, ; High-resolution downloadable photos are available in the Photo Gallery section of CAE's Web site: http://www.cae.com/en/photos.shtml

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