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An aerostat-mounted drone interceptor system that has just emerged in Ukraine is yet another example of the resurgence of interest in using lighter-than-air tech in modern conflicts. This use case turns an expeditionary tethered aerostat into an elevated platform for launching kamikaze drones at?incoming long-range one-way attack drones. This revelation follows the emergence last year of a sensor system designed to detect and locate enemy drone operators?mounted on the same type of aerostat. #aerostats #ukraine #capitalparkpartners Altaeros U.S. Customs and Border Protection

The PRC is rapidly expanding ocean exploration in waters far beyond its shores, sending out a fleet of vessels whose research offers Beijing valuable military intelligence as it expands its naval reach and menaces U.S. allies. China’s fleet has triggered protests from Japan - The Government of Japan, Government of India and others, but that hasn’t stopped Beijing from launching long missions to map the sea floor. The data they obtain has numerous applications, from science to the emerging industry of deep-sea mining, but it is the Chinese government’s commandeering of civilian research for military use that threatens American allies. #greatpowercompetition #oceanfloor #capitalparkpartners

Capital Park Partners is excited to be in Dallas, Texas today for the kickoff of VERTICON (formerly HAI HELI-EXPO) 2025. Verticon is the world’s largest vertical aviation trade show, so what better place to host than Texas! We'll be engaging clients and strategic partners across the Global Vertical Aviation Industry - we hope to bump into you there, too! #hover #verticon2025 #capitalparkpartners Bell Flight Airbus Helicopters Sikorsky

Just after midnight this Friday, the U.S. Federal Government will begin a shutdown. Poised to intercede this week is a continuing resolution, providing funding through the Sep. 30th end of the fiscal year. The seven-month funding patch?released by U.S. House Republicans on Saturday would add billions of dollars in spending for deportations, veterans’ health care and the military while cutting an even greater amount of funding for non-defense programs. The measure, crafted by the Office of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives?in coordination with The White House, reflects the administration's top policy priorities and heightens a confrontation with Democrats ahead of a Friday midnight shutdown deadline. #federalbudget #abnormalorder #capitalparkpartners

On March 5th, an LC-130H Hercules of the Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing successfully landed on a frozen lake during Operation Nanook-Nunalivut in Inuvik, Canada. This landing marked the first time in the history of the?New York Air National Guard's specialised variant of the Hercules touched down on fresh water ice. The LC-130H Skibird polar transport is largest tactical aircraft in the world capable of landing on snow and ice using skis. Amazing! #aprèsflight #blackdiamond #capitalparkpartners

After 434 days, the United States Space Force secretive?X-37B mini-shuttle?has completed its seventh mission (OTV-7), returning to Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday morning. OTV-7 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 28, 2023, meaning the vehicle spent the entirety of 2024 in space. The United States Space Force released few details of what the X-37B accomplished on its latest mission, which is very much in keeping with the level of classification that surrounds the program. #spaceexploration #ussf #capitalparkpartners Space Launch Delta 30 Space Launch Delta 45

The General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger unmanned combat aerial vehicle has autonomously flown using Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software at a United States Air Force Orange Flag exercise. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Shield AI have revealed that an?MQ-20 Avenger?unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) flew autonomously in late February during the Orange Flag 25-1 test exercise at Edwards Air Force Base in California. As part of the U.S. Air Force Test Center’s "all-domain" test series, the General Atomics-owned MQ-20 tested a “reference autonomy stack,” described as a government-provided autonomy software, and passed the controls to Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software. #autonomy #collaborativecombataircraft #capitalparkpartners

The Lockheed Martin Low-Cost Cruise Missile ‘Truck’ Is Now In Testing. The modular Common Multi-Mission Truck - pronounced "comet" - is being proposed for launch from both air and ground platforms to carry out a wide range of mission sets. The Comet is intended to yield low-cost subsonic air vehicles designed for a wide range of missions and for launch from both air and ground platforms. A low cost, subsonic cruise missile has been on the wish list of Ukrainian forces since the escalation of the conflict with Russia in 2022. #lowcost #multimission #capitalparkpartners

What a great day to be on Capitol Hill! In the wake of the address to the joint session of Congress, today Capital Park Partners is engaging both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate. Our conversations will focus on military readiness, and more specifically the need for specific legislation to focus the United States Department of Defense on a strategy to support legacy semiconductors. Innovating bleeding edge tech is wonderful, and securing that supply chain is important, but aging equipment needs support too. Sustaining "out of production" chips keep our most lethal equipment in service for decades into the future. #legacysemiconductors #sustainment #capitalparkpartners Phoenix Semiconductor Corporation

The United States Air Force has designated the drones that General Atomics and Anduril Industries?are currently developing?as part of Increment 1 of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program as the YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A. Dave Allvin announced the YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A during a keynote address at the Air & Space Forces Association’s?2025 Warfare Symposium?on Monday evening. #cca #airdominance #capitalparkpartners