Customer Testimonial

1. Success Story
High Technology / Manufacturing
Northrop Grumman connects pilots from globally dispersed
U.S. Air Force bases for pre-mission, interactive flight
simulation training.
Northrop Grumman Corporation, a global defense company headquartered in Los
CHALLENGE Angeles, CA, provides technologically advanced, innovative products, services and
• Contain costs for 10- solutions in systems integration, defense electronics, information technology,
year U.S. Air Force advanced aircraft, shipbuilding and space technology. With more than 125,000
project employees, and operations in all 50 states and 25 countries, Northrop Grumman
• Meet challenge for serves US and international military, government and commercial customers.
intermittent, high-
capacity demand
• Support future OPERATIONS CHALLENGE:
transition to IP VPN Contain costs while bringing U.S. Air Phased-in over 10 years, the Distributed
Force fighter pilots at airbases around Mission Operations Network will link
SOLUTION the world together for simulated up to 70 training locations in the US and
• Linking global missions. overseas. Thus, the Air Force wanted
locations over core to ensure that the network technology
MPLS-based network When it comes to meeting the deployed could evolve to meet future
• Built-in ability to communication needs of the Air Force, demands for increased bandwidth and
add or reconfigure the term mission critical takes on a network configuration.
locations quickly as whole new meaning. Seeking long-term
needs change cost savings while optimizing mission Northrop Grumman turned to long-
• Accommodate a variety preparedness, the U.S. Air Force time partner Global Crossing to deliver
of bandwidth needs on tasked Northrop Grumman in 2001 with a cost-efficient solution that would
short notice developing and implementing a secure, accommodate intermittent, high-
private high-speed global network that, capacity demand and growth while
RESULTS for the first time, would allow pilots meeting stringent requirements for
• Virtual training in multiple locations to train together performance from day one.
reduces travel costs for mission deployment in interactive
and improves mission flight-simulation sessions in advance of A reliable and secure Global
preparedness leaving their home bases. Crossing solution that supports rapid
• On track to meet full deployment and easy expansion
roll-out targets Designed specifically for the US Air
• Seamless IP VPN Force’s conflict-readiness training unit, Global Crossing’s customized solution
migration completed the Air Expeditionary Force, the training provides highly secure, real-time
December, 2005 sessions are designed to enable the connectivity that rides on its private
• Extremely satisfied pilots to experience the entire mission, Multi-Protocol Label Switching
customer, USAF, including video and real-world terrain, (MPLS)-based IP backbone to deliver
exceeding program from pre-flight briefings to post- outstanding reliability and performance.
expectations mission debriefings, regarding their Designed for flexibility, the Global
• Received Northrop performance. The advanced simulators, Crossing solution easily allows for high
Grumman Supplier for example, allow F-15C fighter pilots capacity on demand for selected sites
Excellence Award and Airborne Warning and Control during training sessions, redirecting
System (AWACS) warfighters at different bandwidth as end user needs dictate.
locations to join forces and fly with each
other in compelling real-time simulated The highly scalable Global Crossing
missions. backbone enables Northrop Grumman

2. Success Story
High Technology / Manufacturing
to add or reconfigure locations as Air “The Global Crossing and Northrop
Force communications needs change Grumman teams demonstrated
“A key to Northrop while flexible access speeds satisfy a extraordinary collaboration and
variety of bandwidth needs and offer customer focus throughout the project,”
Grumman’s strength
different speeds for different media. said Larry Orlov, Global Crossing senior
is our ability to Global Crossing’s network is also backed account manager. “This teamwork
recognize the by an unprecedented Network Security has allowed us to offer the Air Force
potential of emerging Agreement that requires it to implement effective solutions to meet their unique
technologies and apply network solutions subject to the most requirements.”
them to the benefit stringent internal and third-party audits
of our customers. in the telecommunications industry. Migration to future technologies
Global Crossing’s
high performance Results that achieve cost-containment Global Crossing created an ATM-based
networking service goals while expanding service solution for Northrop Grumman in
transports time- 2001 with an eye toward migrating to
Global Crossing’s creative solution has an IP VPN platform. With the ongoing
sensitive voice, enabled Northrop Grumman to provide expansion of the Air Force project, IP
video and data high quality service while meeting its VPN service was the logical next step
communications with objectives for containing costs. With 38 – providing a cost effective and highly
end-to-end global locations in service today and additional efficient solution for the Air Force’s
quality of service.” locations in the testing phase, the increasing network demands.
program is right on target. For instance,
Bruce McGregor, Air Force bases in Spangdahlem,
Program Manager, Germany; Okinawa, Japan; Osan, South
Distributed Mission Training Korea; and Aviano, Italy, have been
Operations and Integration, added and work is underway to continue
Northrop Grumman to link additional bases, located globally,
to the network.
Global Crossing converged,
multi-protocol fiber optic
backbone network delivers
high-performance and
real-time connectivity.
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