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GRAHAM WARWICK / WASHINGTON DCNetworks of cheaper, better and more relevant military simulators are improving trainingThe steady evolution of military flight simulation towards more capable, but less expensive devices that can be networked and deployed to provide more realistic and relevant training has continued over the last 12 months.Almost a year ago, the US Air Force began using the TRW-developed distributed mission training DMT network, which ties together high-fidelity flight simulators over a high-speed fibre-optic network. The initial network linked together four-simulator Boeing F-15C mission training centres at Eglin AFB in Flor adidas campus ida and Langley AFB i nike af n Virginia, and Boeing E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System training consoles at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma. In July, Lockheed Martin began installing the first four-ship F-16C mission training centre at Shaw AFB in North Carolina. Other sites are being connected to the network as part of the incremental expansion of DMT. Near-term plans call for Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint electronic-int owala water bottle elligence and Northrop Grumman E-8 JSTARS battlefield-surveillance platforms to be added, along with Boeing F-15E strike fighter, Fairchild A-10 attack aircraft and Northrop Grumman B-2 bomber simulators.Ultimately the DMT network will be expanded to include mission training centres for USAF special-operations aircraft, unmanned air vehicles and space assets, as well as US Navy strike fighters and jamming platforms. The distributed missio Zqsf Brazilian collision alerts NTSB to TCAS question
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