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Packed into this Sunday's newsletter: 🔷 The Navy selects 4 vendors for CCA designs Anduril Industries Boeing Defense General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) Northrop Grumman 🔷 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

NEW: The second B-21 Raider stealth bomber (T-2) made its first flight.

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…

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…

🚨 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…

Airbus DT25 powered by Hivemind: Autonomous tracking in degraded environments In collaboration with Airbus Defence, 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…

Sweet head-on of the F-15EX. Jacob Stephens via USAF

It's National Vodka Day! In 1979, USS Sam Houston fired an unarmed practice torpedo near Guam that entered international waters and was promptly scooped up by a Soviet trawler. The Navy chased the trawler for 24 hours before diplomatic wrangling between Washington and Moscow

Our latest episode is live! Red 6 joins us to discuss augmented reality for fighter pilots and the military metaverse they are building. youtu.be/XekL9j_q2_8?si…

They busted out the AIM-174 for Trump's visit. Can't blame the Navy for making their very best sales pitch during this event. Unique opportunity.

A sizzle reel from our latest episode: live-fly augmented reality footage recorded directly from Red 6 pilot helmets.

🚨 Our latest episode is live! Nooks CEO and co-founder Sean Blackman discusses the pain it takes for companies to do classified work with the U.S. Government. They may have cracked the code. Check it out!👇 youtu.be/727FceyBOE4?si…