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      <image:title>Insights - MQ-25A Stingray First Flight:            The US Navy’s Tanker Drone Moves from Concept to Carrier Air Wing Integration - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray takes its first flight April 25 at Boeing’s facility at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Ill. The MQ-25 is the Navy’s first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft. (Photo courtesy of Boeing)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Insights - Northrop Grumman Q1 2026 Performance Analysis - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>Insights - China’s Type 076 Sichuan Trials: Are we watching another naval aviation superpower take shape? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sichuan transiting through the Yangtze River Delta after departing Changxing Island. The vessel appears to have received its helicopter landing spot markings only shortly before this image was taken. Image provenance: Chinese state media.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Insights - China’s Type 076 Sichuan Trials: Are we watching another naval aviation superpower take shape? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Type 076 at sea. Image provenance: Chinese state media.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Insights - China’s Type 076 Sichuan Trials: Are we watching another naval aviation superpower take shape? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>China’s aircraft carriers Fujian and Shandong moored at Sanya Naval Base on Hainan Island. The newer Fujian is seen in the foreground, with Shandong in the background, highlighting the growing scale and maturity of China’s carrier aviation fleet. Image provenance: Xinhua.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Insights - China’s Type 076 Sichuan Trials: Are we watching another naval aviation superpower take shape? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Strategic view of East Asia and the Western Pacific, showing the South China Sea, Taiwan, the First Island Chain, and the wider area where Chinese carrier operations have been expanding. The graphic illustrates how the Type 076 Sichuan trials fit into China’s broader move from near-seas operations towards more regular naval aviation activity beyond the First Island Chain. Image: The Stratos Brief analytical graphic.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Chinese J-35 carrier-borne stealth fighter.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Insights - China’s Type 076 Sichuan Trials: Are we watching another naval aviation superpower take shape? - J-35, KJ-600, J-15T</image:title>
      <image:caption>Image provenance: Xinhua / Chinese state media.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Insights - China’s Type 076 Sichuan Trials: Are we watching another naval aviation superpower take shape? - J-35, KJ-600, J-15T</image:title>
      <image:caption>Image provenance: Xinhua / Chinese state media.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-27</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-22</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.thestratosbrief.com/insights/slovakia-has-the-fleet</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Insights - Slovakia Has the Fleet!                               The Hard Part Is Turning It Into Air Power</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-18</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.thestratosbrief.com/insights/c-uas-leonidas</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-18</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.thestratosbrief.com/insights/orbital-surveliance-countermeasures</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-11-28</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.thestratosbrief.com/insights/morocco-new-airbus225m</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Insights - Morocco Orders 10 Airbus H225M Helicopters. Strategic Expansion for Rugged Environments. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Image Credits: Airbus Helicopters</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.thestratosbrief.com/insights/usa-changes-uas-export</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-11-19</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.thestratosbrief.com/insights/ukraine-defense-industry</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Insights - Ukraine’s Defence Industry Scale-Up: Over 100 Domestic Models Approved in October - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Credits: Ukraine MoD</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Insights - Ukraine’s Defence Industry Scale-Up: Over 100 Domestic Models Approved in October - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Credits: Ukraine MoD</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Insights - Ukraine’s Defence Industry Scale-Up: Over 100 Domestic Models Approved in October - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Credits: Ukraine MoD</image:caption>
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