Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis

Mar 23, 2022
UK Royal Air Force wants to be net zero by 2040; its counterparts are watching closely.
Mar 21, 2022
The reignited Airbus-Dassault dispute delays French-German-Spanish future combat air system project.
Mar 18, 2022
Uncrewed “wingmen” for the Air Force’s next bomber and fighter will be large, sophisticated and costly.
Mar 18, 2022
Egypt approved to receive F-15EX; North Korean missile test failure; Satcom prototype clears review; and Boeing’s Australian suppliers.
Mar 17, 2022
Aviation Week analysis suggests annual defense spending by Europe biggest spenders could rise to over $400 billion by 2030.

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Feb 28, 2025
MBDA’s Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile has been flown on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for the first time.
Feb 28, 2025
AFSOC is looking to go big with a new autonomy effort, moving from solely focusing on using MQ-9 Reapers as host to its C-130 variants.
Feb 27, 2025
The view has been gaining momentum in the French military since the war with Russia began in 2022.
Feb 27, 2025
Hensoldt expects the incoming German government to hike defense spending, but is holding off on raising its growth outlook until it has more clarity.
Feb 27, 2025
The U.S. military does not have an effective, overall answer to the question of how to protect austere locations and aircraft from UAS threats, officials say.
Feb 27, 2025
Poland has signed agreements to lease Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, as the country awaits delivery of 96 of the rotorcraft it ordered last year.
Feb 27, 2025
India says it is conducting flight trials of the helicopter-launched Naval Anti-Ship Missile (NASM-SR), scoring a direct hit in the most recent firing.
Feb 26, 2025
The number of aircraft being successfully engaged has fallen over the last two years of the war.