Over by the airstrip, there’s further evidence of global reach: a ground station to which various German Earth-observing satellites send down their data.

Dragon Operations centers use and distribute data from Predator and Reaper aircraft, and interface with ground control station crews, forward aircraft and Command and control centers worldwide.

The NORMARC 8005 SCAT-I ground station receives and validates GPS signals and then transmits the calculated signal corrections and flight path data via a VHF data link.