The company is a leader in providing training solutions to the armed forces of the world.

The latests contracts include supplying two artillery trainers to the Portuguese army. They will be located at the country's prestigious Artillery School and the headquarters of the Mechanised Brigade.

Two further overseas orders are for the Burgess Hill-based firm's INFRONT (Indirect Fire and Forward Observation Trainer) systems.

CAE Invertron's managing director, David Myers, said: "1999 has been a record year for the number of clients preferring a CAE Invertron solution for their artillery training requirement.

"Our solutions are developed around our close relationship

with our many customers throughout the world where we are committed to apply unique technology to satisfy the training needs of our customers."

ISDAT Simulation, CAE's joint venture company in Malaysia with NTI, a leading IT company, has secured an extension for several years to their COCOM (Contractor Own, Contractor Operate and Maintain) programme from the Royal Malaysian School of Artillery.

Mr Myers, added: "We look forward to furthering our relationship with the armed forces in Malaysia and working with them to ensure the soldiers' abilities are maximised by the employment of our training solutions."

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