To provide the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) with modern, state-of-the-art aircrew training. Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, announced the award of a 25-year contract valued at Canadian$11.2 billion (including taxes) to SkyAlyne Canada Limited Partnership for the Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) program. Through this contract, Canada will acquire over 70 training aircraft in total, split into five fleets.
These include fleets of:
Grob G120TP;
Pilatus PC-21;
Beechcraft King Air 260;
Airbus Helicopters H135;
De Havilland Dash 8-400 equipped with a mission training system in the cabin.
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