▁Am edia ▁in ▁Sweden . ▁N D ▁decided ▁to ▁start ▁a ▁campaign ▁to ▁sell ▁types et ting ▁computers ▁to ▁Norwegian ▁newsp apers ▁and ▁developed ▁along ▁with ▁Data ▁Log ic ▁G MS - 1 2 , ▁later ▁renamed ▁Nor text . ▁The ▁first ▁client ▁were ▁Arbe ider bl ad et , ▁ Ø st l ending en ▁and ▁D ag bl ad et ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁but ▁sales ▁were ▁slow ▁after ▁that . ▁ ▁An ▁important ▁contract ▁was ▁signed ▁in ▁the ▁after math ▁of ▁Norway , ▁Den mark , ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁and ▁Belg ium ▁ordering ▁the ▁F - 1 6 ▁Fight ing ▁Fal con ▁f ighter ▁j ets . ▁The ▁Americans ▁were ▁obliged ▁to ▁use ▁sub cont ract ors ▁from ▁these ▁countries ▁in ▁areas ▁where ▁they ▁were ▁compet itive . ▁Nor sk ▁Data ▁put ▁its ▁eye ▁on ▁the ▁sim ulator , ▁as ▁only ▁two ▁other ▁manufact ur ers , ▁Inter data ▁and ▁Systems ▁Engineering ▁Labor ator ies , ▁had ▁previously ▁built ▁similar ▁systems . ▁Nor sk ▁Data ▁originally ▁co oper ated ▁with ▁the ▁small ▁sim ulator ▁manufact urer ▁H yd ros ystem s , ▁but ▁this ▁sp ur red ▁S inger ▁Link , ▁the ▁world ' s ▁largest ▁manufact urer , ▁to ▁investigate ▁N D ' s ▁systems . ▁In ▁the ▁end , ▁three ▁of ▁four ▁sim ulator ▁cont enders ▁bid ▁with ▁N D - based ▁systems ▁and ▁the ▁contract ▁was ▁awarded ▁S inger ▁Link . ▁ ▁T and berg ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁saw ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁government ▁plan