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[Air-Power | NatSec Ledger @NatSecLedger]

PSA: OSINT is geolocating a tank from satellite imagery or scrubbing hundreds of public documents for relevant facts. SLOPINT (Scraped, Lifted, Other-people's Posts as INTelligence) involves scrolling some 400 follower account on social media, bookmarking or screenshotting their post, and filing it as your own reporting or throwing their content into a monetized youtube video. Two very different jobs.

[Israel War Room @IsraelWarRoom]

🚨 BREAKING: Kuwait International Airport released footage showing the IRGC Shahed-136 attack drone striking Terminal 1.

The Iranian regime's terror attack killed at least one civilian and wounded several others.

[AV @aerovironment]

Milestones at White Sands are signaling a shift from promise to production for laser weapons.

@SecArmy Dan Driscoll personally tested AV's LOCUST® Laser Weapon System at White Sands Missile Range, following the FAA and @DeptofWar signing a landmark agreement enabling counter-drone lasers to operate alongside civil aviation.

With safety frameworks in place and real-world testing underway, AV's VP of C-UAS Directed Energy John Garrity says the question has shifted from "Can we build it?" to "How fast can we field it?"

Senior Director of Business Development Aaron Westman breaks down what this means for directed energy and counter-UAS at scale.

Read more: https://t.co/S8VIRDzmbQ

[Air-Power | NatSec Ledger @NatSecLedger]

What started as basically a crewless HIMARS is fast turning into a real autonomous multi-domain launcher family. And it might be a Golden Dome shortcut not many are talking about. 👇
https://t.co/lJf26JPCTB

[Air-Power | NatSec Ledger @NatSecLedger]

"IBCS connects any sensor to any shooter across the battlespace. RIG-360 frees the launcher from its parent radar. Containerized PAC-3 MSE systems put that launcher on a military or commercial truck. CAML eventually makes that truck autonomous." https://t.co/QbjQLCbxxa

[Air-Power | NatSec Ledger @NatSecLedger]

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[L3Harris @L3HarrisTech]

Watch the transition that tells a big story.

Our hot-fire demonstration of a potential advanced propulsion solution for the @USArmy shows a flawless shift from solid rocket boost to ramjet propulsion. This breakthrough supports the Army’s need for extended range and faster speeds, showcasing Lockheed Martin’s offering for the Precision Strike Missile Increment 4 program: https://t.co/vyCWezhjlv

[Air-Power | NatSec Ledger @NatSecLedger]

What started as basically a crewless HIMARS is fast turning into a real autonomous multi-domain launcher family. And it might be a Golden Dome shortcut not many are talking about. 👇
https://t.co/lJf26JPCTB

[Air-Power | NatSec Ledger @NatSecLedger]

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[Air-Power | NatSec Ledger @NatSecLedger]

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[Air-Power | NatSec Ledger @NatSecLedger]

America's munitions production rate doesn't come close to what a conflict with a peer adversary would demand. Work is well underway to change that equation.
https://t.co/bAb1jAIQ13

[Ariel Oseran أريئل أوسيران @ariel_oseran]

Extensive damage at Kuwait International Airport’s T1 building following Iran’s missile and drone strike overnight.

[First Squawk @FirstSquawk]

CENTCOM SAID ALL IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACKS FAILED TO REACH THEIR TARGETS, INCLUDING TWO MISSILES FIRED TOWARD KUWAIT THAT FELL SHORT OR BROKE APART AND THREE MISSILES TARGETING BAHRAIN THAT WERE INTERCEPTED BY U.S. AND BAHRAINI FORCES.

[Air-Power | NatSec Ledger @NatSecLedger]

Forgot to include the UAE.
https://t.co/YwZ0R3VIHz

[ 𝓂𝒶𝓇𝒾𝑜🇱🇧🇬🇧🇦🇪 @MarioLeb79]

🚨 UAE now

[Air-Power | NatSec Ledger @NatSecLedger]

Appears that diplomatic messages are being exchanged across Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar.

[Steve Lookner @lookner]

Iranian state media Tasnim: "Multiple explosions occur in Erbil, Iraq"

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

Second round of Iranian ballistic missiles coming down on Kuwait at the moment, as Iran carries out its largest attack on a Gulf country in nearly a month.

[Air-Power | NatSec Ledger @NatSecLedger]

Making good progress. 🤣

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

Iran's attack on Kuwait this morning appears to be larger than the previous pair of missile raids.

Locals report multiple (4-5+) explosions in quick succession.

[Matt Beinart @MBeinart22]

Elbit America Teams With Anduril On Offering For Army’s Future Howitzer Competition
https://t.co/dP0CqhGo2g

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

Footage of US forces firing an AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missile into the engine room of the Botswana-flagged tanker M/T Lexie as it attempted to run the US blockade of Iran in international waters.

[Air-Power | NatSec Ledger @NatSecLedger]

"More than 14 months after it was awarded a U.S. Air Force engineering and manufacturing development contract for the Mach 2 F-47 air superiority fighter, Boeing says the program is “off to a good start.”
https://t.co/Enld5tSZdP

[Air-Power | NatSec Ledger @NatSecLedger]

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[Air-Power | NatSec Ledger @NatSecLedger]

"With the new Kratos Spartan engine production facility established in late 2025, production is ramping up for the J85 and other Spartan engine models. Production rates are expected to be in the thousands by later this year and tens of thousands over the next few years" ~ KTOS