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@AirPowerNEW1 "Switchblade XXX Block X is the next-generation man-portable precision loitering munition featuring larger wings and a higher-capacity battery for XX% longer endurance. Engineered for flexible multidomain launch from ground and maritime platforms its ruggedized for contested and maritime environments. 🔸Handoff & relay capability for 100+ km engagement 🔸Anti-armor optimized Warhead 🔸10 minute system setup & launch 🔸Silvus 4200 or 4400 MANET Radio 🔸 Advanced avionics with NVIDA GPU 🔸Expanded launch envelope for maritime operation 🔸M-Code GPS & Silvus datalink for Contested Environments"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-14T00:41Z 20K followers, 19K engagements

""Gen Spain says the Air Force expects to have XXX AI-piloted aircraft by the end of the decade and eventually up to 1000" Brave new world. #CCA #NGAD (📹 Via RTX)"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-05T20:44Z 20K followers, 42.2K engagements

"Two OEMs are going head-to-head for the Navys #FAXX sixth-gen strike fighter. Ones already flown a full-scale demonstrator and is building out major new modern manufacturing space for next gen fighters . The others flying two B-21s and kicking ass"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-07T20:48Z 20K followers, 49.5K engagements

"A common myth I see here is the claim US Air Force has adopted Collaborative Combat Aircraft (#CCA) or Loyal Wingman to describe its unmanned adjuncts while others prefer Autonomous Collaborative Platforms or ACPs to describe the same. As far as I can tell ACP has and continues to be used by the US Air Force to describe its technology development effort that started in the 2014/15 timeframe. USAF uses #ACP to describe a series of technology pushes in the unmanned adjunct space while CCA is the program of record pulling these technologies into the operational world"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-06T10:34Z 20K followers, 26.9K engagements

"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 by 2019 was already conducting flight tests validating a material solution against representative targets. It has now deployed this across multiple fighter fleets and used in combat operations"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-12T12:21Z 20K followers, 6078 engagements

""Raytheon has delivered its 500th ESSM Block X missile to the U.S. Navy. #ESSM Block X is an advanced surface-to-air missile that has proven effective against a variety of air and sea-surface threats.It features an upgraded guidance system with a dual-mode active and semi-active radar seeker increased maneuverability and improved performance over its Block X predecessor. The company is investing in infrastructure and material to continue deliveries with plans to nearly double production rates by June 2026" RTX"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-03T22:15Z 20K followers, 81.4K engagements

"Secretary of the Navy @SECNAV putting his signatures on the 159th #F35C for the US Navy/Marines Corps. Fort Worth TX Sept 2025. CF-159 would be a FY2023 order year aircraft and should be delivered in the coming months. (📸Lockheed Martin)"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-03T10:10Z 20K followers, 18.9K engagements

"Raytheon recently applied for a trademark for 'PIERCER'. Raytheon's filing describes piercer as potentially a short range air defense/counter-UAS/ counter CM missile"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-05T23:25Z 20K followers, 6932 engagements

"Lumberjack is a modular logistically flexible attritable Group X UAS delivering organic loitering beyond line of-sight precision strike and electronic warfare capabilities with reduced cost per effect. Northrop Grumman"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-09-26T19:56Z 20K followers, 12.2K engagements

"Northrop Grumman Next Generation Jammer #NGJ candidate solution"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-01T22:00Z 20K followers, 14.9K engagements

"July-August 1990. Edwards Air Force Base California. (📹Northrop Grumman)"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-04T19:38Z 20K followers, 290.4K engagements

"By removing the cockpit seats and crew stations the Sikorsky S-70UAS U-Hawk helicopter becomes the first fully autonomous Black Hawk helicopter"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-13T14:53Z 20K followers, 415.9K engagements

""With XX #E2Ds currently supporting global operations the Advanced Hawkeye is the largest Airborne Command & Control community in the world. Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have over XX years of experience in supporting international partners that operate the E-2C and E-2D platforms around the globe" Northrop Grumman"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-04T20:19Z 20K followers, 6280 engagements

"General Dan Caine Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff putting his signatures on the 527th #F35A for the US Air Force last month. This FY-2023 aircraft will be delivered to the Air Force in the coming months (Lockheed Martin)"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-05T21:36Z 20K followers, 6999 engagements

"The test was conducted in partnership with Raytheons Advanced Technology business and the Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate. It validated the performance of a heavywall SRM configured in a HLG configuration built by Anduril. The design enables significantly greater volumes of energetic propellant delivering increased specific impulse and enhanced motor performance. These improvements translate directly into extended range and greater tactical advantage for U.S. and allied warfighters"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-07T17:33Z 20K followers, 11.8K engagements

""ICECool was the capstone of XX years of DARPA thermal management programs. On the RF side companies like Raytheon and Lockheed Martin worked on power amplifiers looking at applications such as radar and electronic warfare (EW).DARAP has demonstrated the ability to get up to four times the output power by keeping the electronics cool or cooler than they would have been by an order of XX deg C. (Avionics International 2018) 🔗👇"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-03T10:38Z 20K followers, 7982 engagements

""Lockheed Martin is "progressing toward" flight testing an extreme-range cruise missile AGM-158 XR amid "significant customer interest" a company executive told @axios.It totes a 1000-pound warhead and is stretched to accommodate additional fuel""
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-15T22:20Z 20K followers, 36.6K engagements

""Nations looking to upgrade their F-16 fleets with advanced L3Harris Viper Shield electronic warfare (EW) protection now have a podded variant option that offers the same level of protection as an internally integrated system. In production today the Viper Shield Pod and internal components are identical down to the same part numbers. Nations will benefit from system interoperability in partner or coalition training and employment regardless of the variant they choose" L3Harris"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-09-28T01:53Z 20K followers, 23.4K engagements

""The NGJ-MB program has evolved beyond its original specifications with the Mid Band Extended (MBX) capability which extends frequency coverage to address emerging threats.technology had evolved to a point where we could take that existing AESA array make some modifications.and extend that frequency coverage Chuck Angus Raytheon"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-07T10:22Z 20K followers, 3060 engagements

"Standard missile X (SM2) ordnance flies toward target during the Titans of the Sea Presidential Review. The Titans of the Sea Presidential Review is one of many events taking place throughout the country to showcase maritime capabilities as part of the U.S Navys 250th birthday. (📸Kaitlyn Bailey)"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-10T00:25Z 20K followers, 8931 engagements

"For those skeptical Boeing can juggle both #F47 and #FAXXlook at its massive modernization push in St. Louis its flight demonstrator and advanced manufacturing already in place. If merit drives this Boeings positioned well. But this could also be Northrop Grummans moment to reassert its place in next-gen aircraft and step into a program with significantly more volume then it has delivered in recent memory"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-07T23:24Z 20K followers, 4876 engagements

"The NGJ-MB achieved Initial Operational Capability in December 2024 and has already seen combat operations. Raytheon delivered production Lot III pods this summer which included first AN/ALQ-249 deliveries to the RAAF. US Navy program of records stands at XXX mid-band pods"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-07T09:37Z 20K followers, 1933 engagements

"If they integrate the MRC / Typhon launcher into #IBCS (for the funded EIAMD composite Bn) it also opens up the pathway for similar composite Bns to employ the SM-6 1B and the Northrop Grumman Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) both of which will be compatible with the launchers. #LTAMDS #GaN"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-09-01T22:04Z 20K followers, 17K engagements

"Northrop Grumman NGJ-MB candidate solution undergoing flight tests (2014)"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-08T00:52Z 20K followers, 3027 engagements

"Switchblade400 #SB400 is a rocket-launched medium range man-portable loitering munition XX lbs AUR weight vs XX. lbs for SB600 engineered for decisive battlefield overmatch. Designed to defeat tanks and heavy armor it delivers lethal standoff effects with pinpoint precision in contested environments." AV (Aerovironment) #AUSA2025"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-13T12:46Z 20K followers, 19.4K engagements

""The next phase of flight test moves beyond flight performance and into the weapons and mission systems that make #B21 an unrivaled stealth bomber. An enhanced software package will demonstrate how Northrop Grumman will deliver seamless upgrades to the B-21 fleet ensuring its mission capability and weapons evolve to outpace any threat" Northrop Grumman"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-09-26T17:43Z 20K followers, 6039 engagements

"Still amazed that neither the U.S. Air Force/ DoD nor any partner nation has fully funded the development and testing of it 👇yet"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-05T13:08Z 20K followers, 39.8K engagements

"US Air Force is also looking to scale this approach to create dedicated low-cost A2A missiles with AUR costs $250K (1/5 to 1/10th the cost of AIM-120D or AIM-260) to allow to field the sort of mass required to engage more capable threats and arm CCAs"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-12T12:23Z 20K followers, 5386 engagements

""The first non-test #T7 is scheduled to arrive Dec. X at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in Texas.The second T-7 will arrive at Randolph sometime in spring 2026. The slow growth of the T-7 fleet will then begin to accelerate until it hits XX jets at Randolph and reaches IOC in Aug 2027. When the T-7 is up to full-rate production Quinn said the Air Force plans to bring on between XX and XX new jets per year" @defense_news 🔗👇"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-02T11:19Z 20K followers, 14.5K engagements

"Any such trade for a new 2040+ bomber would most likely move them towards a survivable platform but with a much greater payload. Back to B-2 size or larger. Ultimately it has to survive sixth and seventh generation fighter platforms and adversary CCAs and very long range (500-1000 km) kill chains"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-05T03:39Z 20K followers, XXX engagements

"Happy F/A-XX announcement week (Again) to those who celebrate. #FAXX #NGF #NGAD"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-07T17:53Z 20K followers, 45.5K engagements

""Pratt & Whitney has completed both the preliminary design review and the detailed design review on its #XA103 engine. The team is executing the next phase of the contract procuring hardware for the construction of its prototype ground demonstrator which is expected to test in the late 2020s" #NGAD #NGAP Pratt & Whitney"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-07-18T23:06Z 20K followers, 16.3K engagements

"According to Chuck Angus of Raytheon array hardware and other changes required to enable the AN/ALQ-249 Next Generation Jammer Mid Band Expansion #NGJMBX will be cut into production starting Lot V awarded this May. All subsequent production lots will feature the extended frequency range pods. The company is offering hardware upgrades to pods delivered to the US Navy and Australia across the programs first four production lots to enable enhanced capability. #GaN"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-07T00:48Z 20K followers, 25.7K engagements

"The 5th Battalion 20th Infantry Regiment also known as the "Sykes' Regulars" employs the AEVEX Atlas XXX Launched Effects during a Launched Effects Special User Demonstration held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (US Army)"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-12T01:29Z 20K followers, 7253 engagements

"Looks like Lockheed Martin's IFPC inc X second interceptor candidate solution (Mantis) is moving forward for a demonstration possibly within the current Fiscal Year"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-15T23:11Z 20K followers, 8057 engagements

"@marauder2048 The quality of that released CGI makes be think this isn't their real or intended solution. Perhaps something like a X stage CUDA would do well against those requirements"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-16T00:01Z 20K followers, XXX engagements

"Raytheon is exploring ways to adapt #NGJ tech for other platforms including bombers fighters UAS and maritime patrol aircraft. The company is also developing smaller form factors to accommodate international platforms like the F-16 & Eurofighter"
X Link @AirPowerNEW1 2025-10-07T10:23Z 20K followers, 2147 engagements