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Steve Trimble

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Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Aviation Week, Aviation Week & Space Technology, Flight International, MSN, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, The Minnesota Star Tribune, Yahoo, The Salt Lake Tribune, Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, Anchorage Daily News, Aviation Week Show News and
Covers:  Military aviation, long range fires, aerospace, space, defense industry, intelligence community, technology
Distant Early Warning (DEW) for global military aviation news. Defense Editor for @AviationWeek. Formerly @FG_Strim.

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Steve Trimble’s Biography

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Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

Born in a U.S. Air Force family, he grew up on military bases around the world and came to Washington DC in 1997 to work for Army Times Publishing Co. as a journalist. Steve helped launch the Military.com portal in 2000, then joined the editorial team for Aviation Week’s web site in 2001. He reported on the Pentagon for Aerospace Daily in 2002 and 2003.

From September 2003 to September 2018…

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Anduril CCA Completes First U.S. Long-Range Missile Firing Test

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| Aviation Week Verified
Steve Trimble July 15, 2026 Credit: Anduril The Anduril YFQ-44 became the first U.S.-funded Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) to launch an air-to-air missile in flight, joining a club that already includes Australia and Turkey. The YFQ-44, which lacks an internal weapons bay, fired a Raytheon AIM-120 Amraam from a station on the aircraft’s... Steve Trimble Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.
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Pentagon Targets FAMM For 7-Year Procurement Authority

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| Aviation Week Verified
Steve Trimble July 15, 2026 Credit: CoAspire U.S. defense officials will seek to finalize seven-year contracts with three companies selected to supply tens of thousands of air-launched cruise missiles over that period, the Pentagon said on July 15. The military signed framework agreements with Anduril, CoAspire and Kongsberg-owned Zone 5... Steve Trimble Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.
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U.S. Navy Opens Search For Long-Range, Ship-Based Strike UAS

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| Aviation Week Verified
On July 14, the U.S. Navy asked companies to submit concepts for carrier-based, uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) with at least 1,000-nm mission radius and a special interest in vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) capability. The request for information (RFI), entitled “Unmanned Carrier-Based Aircraft Solutions,” does not relate to any known Navy requirements, but some aspects appear to align with emerging concepts from the defense industry—including Shield AI’s proposed X-Bat.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was a high school intern for the base newspaper at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Japan.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Jerry Westerby

What does it mean to be a journalist?

My job is to report the truth about the topic I cover.