Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Aug 16, 2024
Indonesia, Poland and Saudi Arabia are the F-15EX’s next targets for exports contracts.
Aug 16, 2024
The service is contemplating nonkinetic space fires and new roles for its soldiers in a changing era of space-based warfare.
Aug 15, 2024
As European nations grow increasingly worried about security in the Indo-Pacific region, their air forces explore scenarios for operating there.
Aug 13, 2024
The U.S. and Sweden are dangling incentives to secure combat aircraft orders in Thailand and the Philippines.
Aug 09, 2024
Seoul is preparing its future fighter for near-term service and a long-term evolution.
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Nov 06, 2024
Military spending rose 14% over President Biden’s four-year term to $841.4 billion in the fiscal 2024 appropriations bill signed into law last December.
Nov 05, 2024
This year, that operational requirement comes as the U.S. Air Force also undergoes a large-scale overhaul of its force structure.
Nov 05, 2024
Italy has exercised an option to study the integration of the Naval Cruise Missile system on its FREMM frigates, the European defense materiel agency says.
Nov 04, 2024
Russia's 2025 budget will take defense spending to around 6.5% of GDP, the country's highest level since the end of the Cold War.
Nov 01, 2024
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall pointed to other budget priorities.
Nov 01, 2024
The head of the U.S. Air Force is raising the possibility of completely taking on the mission of air base protection from the Army.
Nov 01, 2024
As it showcased dual-carrier operations for the first time, China released images showing the PLAN J-15B and J-15D now in operation.
Oct 31, 2024
The Nigerian Air Force is modernizing with 10 new AW109 transport helicopters in 2026 and the first of 24 M-346FA light attack aircraft in 2025.