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Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Distributed Network Environment Between Australian Simulators And U.S. Lab

Friday, December 16th, 2016

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] successfully completed a proof-of-concept to demonstrate the value of a distributed network environment between two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) simulators and a company test lab in the U.S. in November, the company said Dec. 13.For the first time this demonstration provided a distributed simulation capability by connecting an RAAF KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport simulator with a C-17A Globemaster III simulator at RAAF Base Amberley and a Northrop Grumman test laboratory in Orlando, Fla. The connected simulation…

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