In the fall of 2003, The Boeing Company approached Terra Soft Solutions with desire to use Apple G5 Power Macs with dual Apple Cinema Displays as the foundation for Airforce B1 Weapons Systems Officers ("WSOs") simulation and training environments. Terra Soft was able to quickly adapt their display drivers to support the required dual displays while integratng a PCMCIA flash card reader.

Boeing extracted the actual Ada95 code used on-board the B1 and the FORTRAN and C code from its development simulators, ported it to Yellow Dog Linux, and then ported and applied a C Motif graphical user interface which simulates the physical switch panel and displays on-board the B1 bomber.

Following a successful demonstration of a prototype completed in early 2004, Ellsworth and Dyess Air Force bases expressed sincere interest in this unique solution as it enables the WSOs to conduct realtime training without the cost and risk of actual flight time.

Based upon the success of the first deployments of production units, Boeing and Terra Soft are providing many more of these units for the B1 program. It is likely that other aircraft will be simulated on a similar system in the near future.