Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Dec 20, 2024
Concerns about China’s muscular foreign policy are driving its neighbors to strengthen their military arsenals.
Dec 20, 2024
The 23-year-old fighter program will be revamped again for combat requirements in the 2030s, if it can overcome skepticism from new quarters.
Dec 20, 2024
Indecision clouds the outlook for the Navy’s budget and the Air Force’s requirements for new crewed and autonomous tactical fighters.
Dec 20, 2024
Syria returns to the headlines after a bloody year of conflict between Israel and Iranian proxies.
Dec 20, 2024
Collaborative combat aircraft leave their mark on the outlook for defense equipment plans amid a new range of threats to airpower.
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Dec 20, 2024
Spain has provisionally selected Turkish Aerospace Industries' (TAI) Hurjet to replace its aging fleet of Northrop SF-5 lead-in fighter trainers.
Dec 20, 2024
The Pentagon will slowly return most of its V-22 fleet to flight and to operations with a better understanding of parts failures in the tiltrotor’s gearbox.
Dec 20, 2024
Spain is acquiring another 25 Eurofighters through Madrid’s Halcon II program, adding to 20 aircraft ordered in June 2022 through the original Halcon I buy.
Dec 19, 2024
Kendall announced in July that the service had paused NGAD ahead of an imminent contract award.
Dec 19, 2024
The German government has signed an agreement with industry to modernize its MBDA Taurus cruise missile, with the aim of keeping the system viable long term.
Dec 19, 2024
The UK is ratcheting up efforts to sell Eurofighters to Turkey with a visit of two Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft to Ankara.
Dec 19, 2024
The UK and partners are including more counter-uncrewed air systems (C-UAS) and loitering munitions in a new £225 million ($284 million) package for Ukraine.
Dec 18, 2024
The Senate passed the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 85-14.