Steve Trimble
I’m the Defense Editor at Aviation Week.
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleAll 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.
- The J-50, now available on Alibaba.
- Reposted by Steve Trimble@thedewline.bsky.social reveals Project Lotus - Northrop Grumman’s secret autonomous aircraft aviationweek.com/defense/airc...
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleNew episode just posted (featuring @thedewline.bsky.social):
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleThe 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...
- 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.
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleAt 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
- A Block 4 type vision effectivity development capability costs $33,355,000, in case you were wondering.
- 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...
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleThe 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...
- But I want carrot cake.
- 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."
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleBell 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
- Does this mean Eric Schmidt is a closet Swiftie?
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleGerman defense suppliers go on the attack to press case for airborne electronic attack aviationweek.com/defense/sens...
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleAbout 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
- 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...
- Reposted by Steve Trimble'To reach even [Natanz] all the weapons available to the Israeli Air Force, and all except the 30,000 lbs GBU-57/B and the 5,000 lbs GBU 72/B available to the United States, would likely require several impacts into the same crater to ‘burrow’ down...' www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
- 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.
- Really hope this is for a next-generation lava lamp. sam.gov/opp/670f02db...
- 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.
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleNew episode just posted (featuring @thedewline.bsky.social):
- 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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- Here's the transcript, for those interested.
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleA 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
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleNorthrop 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
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleUkraine’s long-suffering aerospace giants look to Europe to break free from Russian orbit kyivindependent.com/ukraines-lon...
- 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...
- 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.
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleThe 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
- MLB.tv will never be forgiven for today.
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- Interior gives me EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle vibes.
- First North Korean Airborne Early Warning Jet Flies, Kim Shows Off Interior www.twz.com/air/first-no...
- 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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- Reposted by Steve TrimblePodcast: NGAD Win Puts Boeing Back in the Game With The F-47 aviationweek.com/podcasts/che... via @thedewline.bsky.social and Matt Jouppi
- The last clean-sheet fighter design that entered service under the Boeing brand was this baby. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_...
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleNew episode just posted (featuring @thedewline.bsky.social):
- Waited about 13 years to write this story. aviationweek.com/defense/airc...
- NGAD decision comes later today … stay tuned.
- That bump came after the CFO gave a positive outlook on deliveries on Wednesday.
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleAn 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
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleA reminder for people who can’t keep all the acronyms straight
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleCan the ALQ-167 be a roar-ing success on larger platforms? aviationweek.com/defense/sens... via @thedewline.bsky.social
- It’s a weird year when I’m genuinely interested in the results of a parliamentary election in Greenland.
- Greenlanders will trudge across ice and snow to cast their ballots today in a parliamentary election. Amid Donald Trump’s repeated threats to take over Greenland, the vote could be one of the most consequential in the island’s history. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/gree...
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleOn 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.
- Reposted by Steve TrimbleÇa devient un classique ce combo Rafale Ariane 6
- Don't laugh. I hear the Chinese air force is working on a five-seater. sam.gov/opp/318f202a...
- "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..."
- For those in the air power sector looking for something less political to read this week: www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
