MONTREAL

CAE awarded $175M in defence contracts

CTV Montreal Published Tuesday, July 18, 2017 9:22PM EDT

The interior of CAE's Phenom 100 flight simulator is shown in this company handout photo. Flight training and simulator company CAE Inc. says it won contracts valued at more than $300 million from 15 airlines, including Air Canada. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, CAE)

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Montreal aerospace leader CAE has been awarded defence contracts valued at more than $175 million.

The contracts are to provide simulation products, training services and in-service support to global military customers, including in Canada and the United States.

CAE was founded in Montreal in 1947 and currently has 8,500 employees.

It provides 160 training locations in 35 countries.