CAE to Buy Lockheed flight training

[Garys 209]

Looks like CAE is in the process of purchasing Lockheeds commercial flight training division. It doesn't mention Lockheeds military simulator division but  I wonder if this could possibly affect the development and attainability of P3D to the general public

 

 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/cae-strikes-deal-for-lockheed-martin-flight-training-unit/article28833359/

 

[Bobsk8 12,489]

Looks like CAE is in the process of purchasing Lockheeds commercial flight training division. It doesn't mention Lockheeds military simulator division but  I wonder if this could possibly affect the development and attainability of P3D to the general public

 

 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/cae-strikes-deal-for-lockheed-martin-flight-training-unit/article28833359/

 

That's a great company. Visited their headquarters several times. Very impressive. 

[Bob Scott 7,704]

Looking through LMCFT's product portfolio, it doesn't look like P3D is part of that.  This division was formerly Sim-Industries, which was bought by LM early last year and renamed LMCFT.  They mostly do big-box sim training for large commercial aircraft (Boeing & Airbus).

 

It appears to be a much better fit with CAE's business model.

 

Regards

[Mischung 48]

Hi,

 

just found this one: http://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6305&p=129345&sid=a40affda934b08c5a8d58e3592570dc1#p129345

 

So it will not affect us, as P3D is part of Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training (MST) :wink:

[Guest]

Hi,

 

just found this one: http://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6305&p=129345&sid=a40affda934b08c5a8d58e3592570dc1#p129345

 

So it will not affect us, as P3D is part of Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training (MST) :wink:

 

Yes, good news. I was worried for a second... Always better to ask this to whom it actually concerns before speculation starts.  :wink:

[vgbaron 3,482]

Yes, good news. I was worried for a second... Always better to ask this to whom it actually concerns before speculation starts.  :wink:

Darn it Jeroen!! I was looking forward to at LEAST 30 pages of pure speculation about the end of P3D, etc!!!

 

 

Vic

 

[Garys 209]

That is good news, Thanks for the link.

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

Darn it Jeroen!! I was looking forward to at LEAST 30 pages of pure speculation about the end of P3D, etc!!!

 

 

Vic

 

 

 

    Good one Vic 

[Guest]

Darn it Jeroen!! I was looking forward to at LEAST 30 pages of pure speculation about the end of P3D, etc!!!

 

 

Vic

 

 

[Guest]

Lockheed Martin is a very large organization ... I was actually surprised at how closely they have worked with Boeing and Airbus over the many years going way back to the Boeing's B-29 (built by Lockheed).

 

LMCFT was "Sim-Industries" which was initially part of MST until it got moved to LMCFT and is now CAE Inc.  How's that for a corporate shuffle?!

 

Lots of diverse output from LM http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/features/2015/151202-mst-accelerating-learning-through-game-play.html  and http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/features/2015/151201-mst-gearing-up-for-f-35a-operations.html

 

LM have a fairly significant and diverse investment in simulations, training, and education.

 

Cheers, Rob.

[joemiller 269]

Well, as long as P3D can go 64bit, and perhaps a bit more optimized (if possible), we would have a nice sim for the next 20 years or more. Hey, don't shoot me now, we endured FSX all this time;  developers kept developing and we kept flying. Not that we are all satisfied with current version. Don't get me wrong, it is a great sim; but, I'm sure it can only get better with Lockheed's support.

[denali 74]

The modern business of war is the business of war games.  Simulation.   I would bet that P3D is something that can't be done away with at this point, simulated training is probably a defense mandate.

The B-29 Superfortress and the L-049 Constellation are siblings, the 49 taking after the older brother.   They share the same and design path/heritage.    Even though I knew that I never thought about the connection, that LM must have made the B-29.  I always assumed friendly war-time collaboration.

 

 

perhaps a bit more optimized (if possible)

  I think this is more in Microsoft's hands now.  I still don't think 64bit is the ticket.  But I also haven't thought much about it, I've always sensed enough headroom in 32.  Memory is not the way I think about it, bandwidth (how fast things go in/out of the CPU) is.

A video segment from the second link provided by Rob above ( 

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/features/2015/151201-mst-gearing-up-for-f-35a-operations.html )

 

 

I meant to have that start at 59 seconds, but the whole thing is good.   Looks like default P3D scenery in there.  Eglin is P3D's home base.

[JRBarrett 3,034]

The B-29 Superfortress and the L-049 Constellation are siblings, the 49 taking after the older brother. They share the same and design path.

I wouldn't call them "siblings" - more like distant cousins. The B-29 was designed and built by Boeing, while the Connie was a Lockheed product. The two companies were (and still are) competitors.

 

The direct descendant of the B-29 was the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, the post war airliner that was, for all intents and purposes, a B-29 outfitted with a larger fuselage for carrying passengers. Likewise the Boeing KC-97 tanker, which was the military version of the Stratocruiser, and served in the Air Force through the mid 1960's and National Guard up to 1978.

 

Both aircraft (Constellation and the B-29) did have a common heritage in using the same engines - the Wright 3350 18- cylinder compound radial. The Stratocruiser used the even larger Pratt and Whitney Wasp Major with 28(!) cylinders per engine.

[johnman 7]

Good Jim - You Forgot the Black Slime Oil Dripping Turbo Chargers - As Magnificent an Aeronautical Achievement as the R3350 was - You NEVER Wanted to Stand Downwind From Them - Especially in a White "Air America" Crew Chiefs Uniform - there is NOTHING Better than the Sound of a - BIG - ROUND - ENGINE - The Bigger - The Better - Johnman

[denali 74]

Boeing KC-97 tanker

 My older half-siblings were brats to a crew chief on one of those.

 

 

They share the same

[engine].