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Three Royal Australian Air Force MQ-4C Triton aircraft on the taxiway at RAAF Base Tindal, NT. Story by Flight Lieutenant Grace Casey-Maughan. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Mikaela Fernlund.

9 Squadron’s all-seeing unseen new role

25/11/202530/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1067 Views 1 Comment MQ-4C Triton, No. 9 Squadron, Northrop Grumman Australia, RAAF Edinburgh, RAAF Tindal, Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS)

In June 2023, 9 Squadron was reformed at RAAF Base Edinburgh (with a detachment at RAAF Base Tindal) to operate

An real-life RAAF KC-30A flight crew prepares to take 'virtual fuel' from a virtual KC-30A fuel boom, which is actually being operated by a real-life fuel-boom operator somewhere else in the world. Northrop Grumman's distributed network environment will eventually allow real-life air crews flying any aircraft-type simulator anywhere in the real world to interact with other aircraft-type crews in a virtual world. Kind of like a global virtual game simulator, but with 'real' aircraft and real crews.

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Northrop Grumman demos ultimate VR trainer

14/12/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4488 Views 0 Comments Northrop Grumman Australia, ultimate VR training environment

Northrop Grumman Australia recently provided a ‘virtual training reality’ proof-of-concept demonstration that hooked up two full-sized flight simulators in Australia