SkyTrac to Provide SatCom and Flight Following to CAE AviationFebruary 5, 2010Kelowna, BC, Canada– SkyTrac is pleased to announce that it was selected by Luxembourg based CAE Aviation to supply SatCom/flight following solutions for CAE’s fleet of Cessna Grand Caravan, Fairchild Merlin III, Turbine Islander, CASA 212-200 & 300, and Skyvan’s.
CAE Aviation operates in remote areas where airspace management, air traffic services, and search and rescue are scarce or even nonexistent. As such, SkyTrac’s systems are crucial to provide management a real time view of its aircraft, no matter the location. Bernard Zeler of CAE commented, “SkyTrac has become an essential component of CAE Aviation’s fleet management. SkyWeb provides invaluable situation awareness of ongoing and past fleet activities through user friendly interfaces.”
Kathleen Wallace, President and CEO of SkyTrac stated, “We are pleased to have been chosen by CAE not only on the basis of our reputation, products and services, but for our software capabilities in SkyWeb and FlightTrac Suite. We are glad to see that CAE finds our sophisticated software features valuable and easy to use in its day to day operations.”
About CAE Aviation
CAE Aviation is the European leader in providing full Airborne Ground Surveillance and Reconnaissance Services with 15 aircraft dedicated to air support. Its AGSR capabilities cover a wide range of applications: border control, maritime survey, fire detection and monitoring, internal security operations, pipeline, and oil rigs. CAE also provides in house modified aircraft such as Cessna 208.
About SkyTrac
SkyTrac is the world’s trusted supplier of SatCom solutions for data, text and voice communications. With customers on every continent and from all areas of operation, from Oil & Gas to Air Medical to Law Enforcement to Search & Rescue, SkyTrac provides market leading solutions to market leading companies. SkyTrac has acquired a long list of Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) and the company’s hardware has been installed on a large number of rotary and fixed wing aircraft types from AgustaWestland, Eurocopter, Cessna, Bell, Sikorsky, MBB, Beechcraft, de Havilland, LearJet and Raytheon.
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