United States Military Aviation

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Sentinel ICBM 'on track' for flight test this year: Senior USAF official - Breaking Defense

According to the Congressional Research Service, due to its modular design and increased throw weight, the Sentinel ICBM could be equipped "with two or three warheads to meet the international security environment."

breakingdefense.com

 

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Air Force F-16s Are Getting Pylons With Built-In Missile Warning Sensors And Countermeasures

The bolt-on upgrade will make aging F-16s more survivable by providing better awareness of missile threats and a better ability to fend them off.

www.thedrive.com

 

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Northrop Grumman Validates Sentinel Missile Design through Rigorous Wind Tunnel Testing Campaign

ROY, Utah. – Feb. 16, 2023 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully completed a series of wind tunnel tests of the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Using scaled models of the vehicle, stressed under environments...

news.northropgrumman.com

Sentinel | Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman’s LGM-35A Sentinel program for the U.S. Air Force is the weapon system replacement for the aging LGM-30 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system.

www.northropgrumman.com

 

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General Atomics signs 3D printing agreement with automotive-focused startup Divergent - Breaking Defense

For something like a small UAS, “instead of taking years to develop [a design] it takes months, and instead of taking weeks to manufacture by laying out carbon fiber, we take hours to assemble," Divergent CEO Kevin Czinger told Breaking Defense.

breakingdefense.com

 

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Powered JDAM: Boeing’s New Alternative to Cruise Missiles | Air & Space Forces Magazine

Boeing is developing a long-range version of its Joint Direct Attack Munition called the Powered JDAM, adding an engine to extend its range by 20 times over the conventional glide version of the weapon.

www.airandspaceforces.com

 

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[_Anonymous_]

United States Insane New Super Advanced Combat Helicopter UAV.

This is United States Insane New Super Advanced Combat Helicopter Drone: The MQ-8B Fire Scout.SUBSCRIBE!

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Boeing Receives U.S. Air Force E-7 Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft Contract

SEATTLE, Feb. 28, 2023 — Boeing [NYSE:BA] will begin development of two new U.S. variants of the E-7 Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft through a $1.2 billion Undefinitized...

boeing.mediaroom.com

 

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Cruise Missiles Could Get Added To MQ-9's Arsenal

Serving as weapon trucks loaded with Joint Strike Missiles could be one way for the MQ-9 drone to remain relevant in future major conflicts.

www.thedrive.com

 

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https://www.airandspaceforces.com/usaf-selects-boeings-e-7a-wedgetail-as-successor-to-awacs/

https://www.defensenews.com/air/202...-first-contract-for-fleet-of-26-e-7-aircraft/

 

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AMRAAM and Stormbreaker: Air dominance weapons for the US and its allies - Breaking Defense

A new strategy for operations explaining how air dominance isn’t always about sustained control as much as it is about temporary air-corridor control.

breakingdefense.com

 

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Why The F-117 Is Still Flying? #shorts

This is the explanation for those anonymous mysterious black triangles flying high in the skies which AV freak club from trailer park was baffled about , which is when & why I asked you early on when you first made your appearance out here - how old are you ?

From your fanciful stories about the balloons to now this it can be concluded either you're a juvenile or an adult like Paddy only in physical form but with the mind of a juvenile or worse , you require an exorcism , pronto. I suspect all three possibilities , for only you're capable of something impossible.

I swear if you were anywhere close to me , sweetie , I'd land a sucker punch in your solar plexus & a kick up your hairless , tight & tender culo for your low quality posts bringing down the standard of the forum further, which wasn't high to begin with . @Innominate

 

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Air Force conducts Sentinel static fire test

The Air Force and Northrop Grumman conducted a static fire test March 2, 2023, for the LGM-35A Sentinel weapon system at Northrop Grumman's facility in Promontory, Utah.

www.afnwc.af.mil

Mysterious Launch Out Of Cape Canaveral Appears Imminent (Updated)

All signs point to an imminent test launch of an exotic system, possibly of the hypersonic variety, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

www.thedrive.com

 

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GA-ASI Continues LongShot Support

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is pleased to continue supporting the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) LongShot program.

www.ga-asi.com

 

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