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Rapid Fire 2010-06-29: Trainer Replacement

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* Firms gearing up for American “T-X” competition to replace its supersonic T-38 Talon jet trainers. * Israeli satellite service provider Gilat Satellite Networks is looking to expand into defense markets. * 1st test flight for South Korea’s “Surion” utility helicopter. * 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.

* Firms gearing up for American “T-X” competition to replace its supersonic T-38 Talon jet trainers.

* Israeli satellite service provider Gilat Satellite Networks is looking to expand into defense markets.

* 1st test flight for South Korea’s “Surion” utility helicopter.

* 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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