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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…
RTX, Shield AI win autonomy roles for U.S. Air Force CCAs aviationweek.com/defense/aircra…
🚨 Check out our latest episode: The origin story of the JDAM - the world's first operational GPS-aided bomb. We cover the past, present, and future of the JDAM and it's variations from someone involved in the program for over 30 years! youtu.be/upCMZWUMiGI?si…
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…
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
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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🔷 Our latest newsletter and episode is a banger of a deep dive on Solid Rocket Motors with @ursamajortech! 👉newsletter: themerge.co/p/solid-rocket… 👉YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=x85KZj…
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It's not a direct correlation, but the number of military personnel generally determines its capacity. From @chartrdaily
This week's latest defense tech happenings👇 themerge.co/p/cargo-drones
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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