The Air Force has contracted with the United Industrial subsidiary AAI Services Corp. to upgrade the T-25 simulator for electronic training (SECT), which it originally developed for the Air Force in the 1990s. AAI will receive $6.9 million to “design, manufacture, and test the electronic warfare officer training system at Randolph AFB, Tex.
U.S. Southern Command recently announced its first lethal strike on a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in two months, and the first under a newly formed permanent counter-cartel task force. The U.S. is also reportedly planning to transfer MQ-9 drones to Colombia to bolster its counter-cartel efforts.