Development of the Dutch National Simulation Facility: The World's Premier Motion-Based F-16 MLU Simulator

摘要

The Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) is currently developing one of themost advanced research flight simulators available today for fast jet aircraft, called the National Simulation Facility (NSF). The NSF is planned to be a full scenario research flight simulator, in which highly realistic air-to-air and air-to-ground missions can be flown for evaluation of (new) tactics, training methodologies, and for assessment of necessary simulator requirements for specific training tasks. Design and development of the simulator is centered on the F-16 Mid-Life Update configuration. The paper will address the various technical aspects of the National Simulation Facility.