Bluedrop Performance Learning Inc. secured an investment from Boeing to develop a next-generation Special Mission Aviator Ramp Trainer (SMART) for the V-22 Osprey. The program was funded under the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Investment Framework Transaction program by Boeing. The program includes funding to Bluedrop, engineering support from Boeing and a three-year commitment to support the development and ongoing sales of the new product within the Boeing global supply chain. This is the second Boeing investment in Bluedrop--the first successful project was to develop a next-generation Special Mission Aviator Ramp Trainer (SMART) for the CH-47 Chinook. The development phase is expected to take between 12 and 18 months to build a full-sized virtual reality ramp trainer with a high fidelity immersive environment, and enhanced specific mission capabilities including ramp operation, hoisting systems, gunnery systems and various mission critical procedural training capabilities. The new SMART is expected to interface to the Boeing's cockpit training devices to allow full interactive crew training and mission scenario training. Bluedrop will develop the associated hardware and software from its recently opened Training and Simulation production center located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The team of software and hardware engineers will be headed by Jean-Claude Siew, Bluedrop's vice president of Technology and Simulation. This project was approved by ISED as an Investment Framework Transaction as part of the Industrial Technological Benefits (ITB) Policy. The program provides incentives for prime contractors to invest in research and development as well as commercialization with an emphasis on export opportunities.