Rapid Fire 2010-06-29: Trainer Replacement

Jun 28, 2010 20:27 UTC by Defense Industry Daily staff

  • New ground control bases decided for USAF’s MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper fleets. Operations currently run out of Creech AFB, near Las Vegas.

  • Cold Turkey: The Turkish government turns a cold shoulder to Israel’s request to fly Israeli officers across Turkish airspace en route to Poland.

  • Getting Along: China, Japan expand military confidence-building measures to ease tensions over recent Chinese military activities near Japanese territorial waters.

  • No Blogging Zone: The Chinese government is banning military personnel from blogging or creating homepages.

  • Weather Forecast: Textron Systems’ AAI Corp. snags USAF contract worth up to $47.5 million to provide logistics support for the AN/TMQ-53 Tactical Meteorological Observing System, which provides weather data for landing strips.

  • High Speed: ViaSat upgrades its US airborne Ku-band ISR network to 1 Mbps for US special ops forces C-130s.

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