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Steve Trimble

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I’m the Defense Editor at Aviation Week.

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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
His name is Gerald Brown. Left USAF in 1997. Lost pilot license in FAA in 2016 for fighting fellow UPS MD-11 crew member in the air. Lost next job on sexual harassment. Lockheed briefly hired him as an F-35 simulator instructor, then fired him after security check. aviationweek.com/defense/budg...
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Debrief: How A Disgraced Former U.S. Air Force Pilot Started Working For China | Aviation Week Network
Gerald Brown was arrested for violating the Arms Export Control Act for allegedly working as a contract instructor for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force.
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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
All of Ukraine is currently covered with hundreds of Russian drones and missiles. It's impossible to have sufficient "air defense." Ukraine needs thousands of long-range offensive weapons to destroy Russian military bases.
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The J-50, now available on Alibaba.
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Robert Wall @r-wall.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
@thedewline.bsky.social reveals Project Lotus - Northrop Grumman’s secret autonomous aircraft aviationweek.com/defense/airc...
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Project Lotus, Northrop Grumman’s Secret Autonomous Aircraft Revealed | Aviation Week Network
Northrop Grumman has secretly built a large new uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), dubbed Project Lotus.
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Ward Carroll @wardcarroll.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
New episode just posted (featuring @thedewline.bsky.social):
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Russia Gaining in Drone War over Eastern Ukraine
YouTube video by Ward Carroll
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Robert Wall @r-wall.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The U.S. Air Force search for a new military leader broadened to more retirees and lieutenant generals after a leading contender faced new criticism on social media report @beverstine.bsky.social and @thedewline.bsky.social aviationweek.com/defense/budg...
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Three-Stars, Retirees Among Options For Top U.S. Air Force Job | Aviation Week Network
The U.S. Air Force search for a new military leader broadened to more retirees and lieutenant generals after a leading contender faced new criticism on social media, sources say.
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Did you know the word Leiden, which is also the name of a city in The Netherlands, means “to lead” in Dutch and “suffer” in German? Just thought I’d share.
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Robert Wall @r-wall.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
At some point this summer, a courier from a UAE-based freight forwarder will attempt to serve a court summons to Iran's Foreign Minister, informing the diplomat that his government is being sued in a Fort Worth courtroom by Bell Textron. aviationweek.com/defense/supp... @thedewline.bsky.social
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Debrief: Bell Sues Iran For Unpaid Helo Storage Bills | Aviation Week Network
Iran's foreign minister is being sued by Bell Textron over a little-known dispute over helicopter storage fees dating back to the Iranian Revolution of the late 1970s.
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
A Block 4 type vision effectivity development capability costs $33,355,000, in case you were wondering.
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Russia has cancelled Army 2025, this year's version of the country's largest, annual defense exhibition, says Izvestia. No reason given. s iz.ru/1921520/2025...
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Стало известно об отмене международного военно-технического форума «Армия»
Международный военно-технический форум «Армия» отменен. Об этом 16 июля сообщил источник «Известий».При этом на данный момент сайт «Армия-2025» по-прежнему функционирует. Там указано, что мероприятие ...
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Aaron Stein @aaronstein1.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The blogfather @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social and I finally sat down to discuss the "12 day war" and Iran's pathway back to the Bomb :: www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1220...
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Iran’s Pathway to the Bomb
Aaron and Jeffrey finally deconflict their schedules to talk about the outcome of the Israeli-Iranian war, Iran’s pathway back to the bomb, and why [...]
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
But I want carrot cake.
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
To give the conspiracy crowd something new to play with, I propose we all call the circular, white building in the middle of the future @anduriltech.bsky.social Arsenal 1 campus in Columbus, Ohio, the "Tic Tac."
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Robert Wall @r-wall.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Bell will get a chance to build an X-plane demonstrator for high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing technology based on a stop/fold tiltrotor. aviationweek.com/defense/airc... via @thedewline.bsky.social
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Does this mean Eric Schmidt is a closet Swiftie?
Screen grab shows an announcement of an agreement between Ukraine President Zelenskyy and Eric Schmidt’s Swift Beat LLC to produce drones that can intercept Russian Shaheds.
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Robert Wall @r-wall.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
German defense suppliers go on the attack to press case for airborne electronic attack aviationweek.com/defense/sens...
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German Industry Steps Up Electronic Attack Push In Demo | Aviation Week Network
German companies are pressing their case for Germany to invest in enhanced electronic attack capabilities.
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Robert Wall @r-wall.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
About one-third of the overall funding from the U.S. Air Force for JetZero’s Z4 blended wing body demonstrator is at risk of being cut in the fiscal 2026 budget request. aviationweek.com/defense/budg... via @thedewline.bsky.social
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The Marine Corps needs an Italian-made violin and a century-old violin bow immediately. And it somehow must be manufactured in the USA. #forcedesign #lethality sam.gov/opp/1a25df9f...
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Newswire editors: This is your periodic reminder to avoid placing random images of fighters that don't belong to any of the subjects of the story. There's plenty of pictures of Chinese fighters available.
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Really hope this is for a next-generation lava lamp. sam.gov/opp/670f02db...
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Note the steel toe booties. It's important to avoid injuries from stubbing your toe while posing in front of a 360-kiloton nuclear bomb.
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Ward Carroll @wardcarroll.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
New episode just posted (featuring @thedewline.bsky.social):
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Trump Surprises Air Force with New Fighter
YouTube video by Ward Carroll
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Here's the full transcript of President Trump's remarks today in Doha, revealing a proposed twin-engine F-55 variant of the F-35 and his thoughts on single-engine aircraft and stealth aircraft design, in general. Trump, Ortberg & Culp are there due to blockbuster Boeing/GE order by Qatar Airways.
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Robert Wall @r-wall.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
President Donald Trump proposed new “super upgrade” programs for the Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-22 fighters during a May 15 press conference in Doha, Qatar. aviationweek.com/defense/airc... via @thedewline.bsky.social
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Trump Floats Major New Upgrades For F-35 And F-22 | Aviation Week Network
President Trump has proposed new “super upgrade” programs for the Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-22, including a twin-engine variant of the F-35 dubbed the F-55.
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Here's the transcript, for those interested.
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Robert Wall @r-wall.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
A U.S. Navy flight test announcement revealed work is underway to revive a decades-old concept to miniaturize missiles by combining an air-breathing ramjet with a solid fuel rocket. aviationweek.com/defense/miss... via @thedewline.bsky.social
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U.S. Navy Revives Rocket Ramjet Concept In New Tests | Aviation Week Network
A U.S. Navy flight test announcement revealed work is underway to revive a decades-old concept combining an air-breathing ramjet with a solid fuel rocket.
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Robert Wall @r-wall.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Northrop says higher cost reflects "a manufacturing process change to enable accelerated production ramp, and increased general procurement costs" aviationweek.com/defense/airc... via @thedewline.bsky.social
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Luke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Ukraine’s long-suffering aerospace giants look to Europe to break free from Russian orbit kyivindependent.com/ukraines-lon...
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Ukraine’s long-suffering aerospace giants look to Europe to break free from Russian orbit
Where the Donbas meets the Dnipro River, the USSR built out a dense range of massive factories, using the local coal and metal reserves to smelt, weld, and cast the heaviest of machinery — and weaponr...
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
They’re talking about mining manganese modules off the Pacific floor again. Maybe it’s time for the CIA to dust off Project Azorian plans? Elon Musk could reprise the role of the crazy investor played by Howard Hughes. Any Russian or Chinese subs sink recently? www.ft.com/content/2205...
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Donald Trump plans to stockpile deep sea critical metals to counter China
US drafting order to collect ‘nodules’ from Pacific seabed for minerals used in battery supply chains
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I love an aircraft model with a tail number inspired by an ‘80s pop song. Behold the UH-72 model on the Airbus booth at SeaAirSpace this week.
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Robert Wall @r-wall.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The U.S. Air Force starts looking what comes after LAIRCM as it seeks a new countermeasure system to defeat a range of IR-guided missiles and air vehicles targeting fleets of large fixed-wing transports, special mission aircraft etc aviationweek.com/defense/miss... via @thedewline.bsky.social
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U.S. Air Force Studies LAIRCM Replacement For Large Aircraft Fleet | Aviation Week Network
Industry is being asked by the U.S. Air Force to submit ideas for a new countermeasure system that can defeat infrared-guided missiles and air vehicles.
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
MLB.tv will never be forgiven for today.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 27/03/2025
The Swiss population doesn’t want to buy the F35 anymore, given everything that’s going on in Trump’s US. In 2020, a 50,1% majority had voted for the acquisition in a referendum. www.watson.ch/schweiz/wirt...
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Interior gives me EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle vibes.
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
An >80% Pk of older RF and IR missiles versus Shahed drones and Russian cruise missiles is a helpful data point.
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Robert Wall @r-wall.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
RAAF to put Boeing's MQ-28 Ghost Bat through its paces this year to define its path forward on CCAs aviationweek.com/defense/airc...
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RAAF Boss Eyes 2025 MQ-28 Ghost Bat Demos To Chart Path Forward On CCA | Aviation Week Network
Australia expects to use a series of demos with the Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat CCA this year to define its investment plan for such a capability, an official says.
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Robert Wall @r-wall.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Podcast: NGAD Win Puts Boeing Back in the Game With The F-47 aviationweek.com/podcasts/che... via @thedewline.bsky.social and Matt Jouppi
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Podcast: NGAD Win Puts Boeing Back in the Game With The F-47 | Aviation Week Network
What does Boeing’s contract win for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation combat aircraft, the F-47, mean for the struggling aerospace company?
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The last clean-sheet fighter design that entered service under the Boeing brand was this baby. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_...
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Boeing P-26 Peashooter - Wikipedia
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Ward Carroll @wardcarroll.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
New episode just posted (featuring @thedewline.bsky.social):
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Deep Intel on the F-47 Sixth Generation Strike/Fighter
YouTube video by Ward Carroll
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Waited about 13 years to write this story. aviationweek.com/defense/airc...
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Boeing Wins U.S. Air Force's NGAD F-47 Fighter Contract | Aviation Week Network
Boeing has won a contract to develop the F-47 next-generation combat aircraft for the U.S. Air Force which throws a lifeline to the company’s struggling military aviation business.
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Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
An update on the war following a recent trip. The situation has improved compared with Fall 2024. Russian offensive momentum slowed significantly over the winter, though it is premature to claim that the front has stabilized, especially following AFU withdrawal in Kursk. /1
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
NGAD decision comes later today … stay tuned.
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A Yankee in Artoria’s Court @linkplumeria.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
A reminder for people who can’t keep all the acronyms straight
Holy Trinity diagram showing that the B-21, CCA, F/A-XX, and PCA programs are all NGAD programs
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Robert Wall @r-wall.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Can the ALQ-167 be a roar-ing success on larger platforms? aviationweek.com/defense/sens... via @thedewline.bsky.social
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Angry Kitten Appeal Spreads To C-130, Large Refuelers | Aviation Week Network
The USAF wants to evaluate how the ALQ-167 Angry Kitten pod can support larger Fairchild Republic A-10s and mobility aircraft, including the Lockheed C-130.
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
It’s a weird year when I’m genuinely interested in the results of a parliamentary election in Greenland.
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Justin Bronk @justin-br0nk.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
On F-35 fears, I get it - there is real dependency. But if all your targeting capacity, BLOS comms, penetrating/orbital ISR and the munitions you assume you’d fight with in a war are US-provided; then dependency on the US for MDFs and ALIS/ODIN for F-35 isn’t your main problem.
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Thomas Schumacher @tschumacher.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Ça devient un classique ce combo Rafale Ariane 6
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Don't laugh. I hear the Chinese air force is working on a five-seater. sam.gov/opp/318f202a...
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Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
"In a heavily contested EW environment, at the front-end of power projection efforts over great distances where each available airframe and weapon counts for a huge amount, there is likely to be outsized value in having even a relatively small number of NGAD or J-36-style crewed combat aircraft..."
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