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Airbus DT25 powered by Hivemind: Autonomous tracking in degraded environments In collaboration with @AirbusDefence, Shield AI successfully integrated Hivemind onto Airbus’ DT25 target drone in just three months. The DT25 autonomously identified, tracked, and engaged a live…
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Two B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers Photographed Together For The First Time The Air Force now has a pair of flying B-21s at Edwards Air Force Base helping pave the way for America's future bomber force. Story: twz.com/air/two-b-21-r…
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The second B-21 has no visible name, but a Spartan helmet emblem is painted inside the nose gear bay. With the first jet named “Cerberus,” this one could follow with a mythological name: Apollo, Ares, Thanatos, Leonidas, or simply Spartan.. More: theaviationist.com/2025/09/12/usa…
The second B-21 has no visible name, but a Spartan helmet emblem is painted inside the nose gear bay. With the first jet named “Cerberus,” this one could follow with a mythological name: Apollo, Ares, Thanatos, Leonidas, or simply Spartan.. More: theaviationist.com/2025/09/12/usa… https://t.co/gfOfAvAday
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NEW: The second B-21 Raider stealth bomber (T-2) made its first flight.
Packed into this Sunday's newsletter: 🔷 The Navy selects 4 vendors for CCA designs @anduriltech @BoeingDefense @GenAtomics_ASI @northropgrumman 🔷 Japan’s defense budget request is a record $60B, and it's only going to keep getting higher 🔷 JIATF 401. Get to know that bold…
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On this day: 71 years ago, pilots Stanley Beltz and Roy Wimmer, with flight engineers Jack Real and Dick Stanton, made the first flight of the YC-130 Hercules from the Lockheed plant in Burbank, CA (August 23, 1954). The mighty Herky Bird, the legend of legends, was born!
In this week's newsletter: An augmented reality fighter jet helmet is being installed in the F-16. 👇 themerge.co/p/red-6-rising
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