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Old radar types never die; they just phased array! Aerospace, Defense & NatSec related content Account not affiliated with government or industry
Joined March 2023
The F-35 has landed in Belgium 🇧🇪, a historic moment for Belgian Defence and our Air Force. 📍Florennes, October 13, 2025 Our first F-35 officially joined the Belgian Air Force yesterday, marking a major step forward in our operational capabilities and future readiness.
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We’ve been awarded multiyear contracts to deliver more than 3,000 PAC-3 seekers through 2030. Scaling seeker production is critical to keeping PAC-3 ready to defend troops, civilians and critical infrastructure worldwide. More: https://t.co/Ko07usvRNP
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Two OEMs are going head-to-head for the Navy’s #FAXX sixth-gen strike fighter. One’s already flown a full-scale demonstrator and is building out major new modern manufacturing space for next gen fighters . The other’s flying two B-21s and kicking ass.
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Periodic reminder: while the YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A #CCA efforts draw headlines, they primarily focus on airframes, autonomous flight operations, and cost-effective manufacturing and sustainment. Meanwhile, the 🇺🇸 Air Force, industry, and partners are investing heavily in developing
The trailblazer for CCA development will be Project Venom, using F-16s to develop and test autonomy following the path set by efforts like the X-62 VISTA and Skyborg. Here's what the USAF's chief scientist had to say in a recent public affairs article.
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❗🇺🇸 Update: Gen Lozano says that they expect to get support for the program, and that by this time next year he may be in a position to begin program of record execution. Different acquisition strategies are being considered, Middle Tier Acquisition is the current preference.
🇺🇸 Significant news here ⬇️ The Trump Admin is restarting the Lower Tier Future Interceptor program (PAC-3 MSE successor), which had been cancelled last year by the Biden Admin.
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These are Oshkosh's entries against US Army plans for Common Autonomous Multidomain Launcher. The large one, CAML-H, is also required to fire Patriot PAC-3 interceptors. The Medium size will also have an anti-air capability with AIM-9X and others to follow. Multi-domain indeed.
An experimental Tomahawk missile launcher called X-MAV from Oshkosh Defense was showcased at the AUSA 2025 exhibition. The Extreme Multi-Mission Autonomous Vehicle (X-MAV) carries four Tomahawk cruise missiles and offers greater mobility than the existing MRC Typhon systems.
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Splashdown confirmed! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on an exciting eleventh flight test of Starship!
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Switchblade 600 Block 2 is the next-generation, man-portable precision loitering munition, featuring larger wings and a higher-capacity battery for 20% longer endurance. Engineered for flexible multidomain launch from ground and maritime platforms, it’s ruggedized for contested
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"The DeepFires autonomous launcher delivers unmatched flexibility to meet the U.S. Army’s future fires requirements. Built with a modular design, DeepFires seamlessly adapts to both offensive and defensive missions, giving warfighters the edge to respond effectively in any
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"The Switchblade 400 is AeroVironment’s offering for #LASSO and was tailored to fit that program. It is similar to the heavier-duty Switchblade 600, Young said, including a Javelin multipurpose warhead and optics allowing lengthy standoff range. But AeroVironment shrunk its
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In late 2026 or early 2027 AV plans to open a new production facility in Salt Lake City. That facility will..allow the company to boost its monthly Switchblade production from around 500 to several thousand.
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Switchblades have become a vital weapon in Ukraine's arsenal, and the U.S. Army plans to increase its own use of loitering munitions.
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"The Switchblade 400 is AeroVironment’s offering for #LASSO and was tailored to fit that program. It is similar to the heavier-duty Switchblade 600, Young said, including a Javelin multipurpose warhead and optics allowing lengthy standoff range. But AeroVironment shrunk its
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By removing the cockpit, seats and crew stations, the Sikorsky S-70UAS™ U-Hawk™ helicopter becomes the first fully autonomous Black Hawk helicopter.
From concept to reality in 10 months, @Sikorsky, a @LockheedMartin company, has transformed a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter into the S-70UAS U-Hawk, a versatile autonomous uncrewed aerial system.
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Weighing under 40 lb, this all-Up-Round (AUR) can be carried and deployed by a single soldier in under five minutes, ensuring mobility and responsiveness at the tactical edge. Equipped with Aided Target Recognition and advanced edge computing, Switchblade 400 autonomously detects
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Switchblade 400 #SB400 is a rocket-launched, medium range, man-portable loitering munition [39 lbs AUR weight vs 65. lbs for SB600] engineered for decisive battlefield overmatch. Designed to defeat tanks and heavy armor, it delivers lethal standoff effects with pinpoint precision
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It is interesting, though not surprising, to see the contrast between Europe and the United States when it comes to adoption of fighter based low cost Counter Group 3-4 and subsonic cruise missile defense capabilities. The USAF saw this emerging gap back in the 2018 timeframe and
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