Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis

Apr 06, 2022
Germany looks for CH-53 successor; Bulgaria’s MiG-29 cleared for export; Australia speeds JASSM-ER, NSM buys; and Collins' VLF contract.
Apr 01, 2022
The service also is increasing funding requests for the Future Vertical Lift program.
Apr 01, 2022
Two different types of air-launched hypersonic missiles appear to be heading in opposite directions.
Apr 01, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Apr 01, 2022
$194 billion budget proposes deep divestments to free up funding for research and development.

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Jun 17, 2025
Airbus says talks are underway on how to evolve the Eurodrone program in terms of missions and participants, in part to reflect lessons from current conflicts.
Jun 17, 2025
Tensions over the potential workshare within the Franco-German-Spanish FCAS program resurfaced on the second day of the Paris Air Show.
Jun 17, 2025
The China Manned Space Engineering Office has completed the first zero-altitude escape flight test of its next-generation Mengzhou crewed spacecraft.
Jun 16, 2025
Israeli air strikes have taken out about one-third of Iran’s ballistic missile launcher capacity.
Jun 16, 2025
Boeing’s win of the U.S. Air Force F-47 fighter program may have answered one of the longest-running questions hanging over the aerospace giant.
Jun 16, 2025
ESA and French space agency CNES have not paused any activities potentially affected by proposed U.S. cuts to NASA’s budget, but are developing backup plans.
Jun 16, 2025
Boeing's Steve Parker defended U.S. industry’s ability to launch development of a second sixth-generation fighter at Paris Air Show, contradicting concerns by the Navy’s leader.
Jun 16, 2025
Lockheed Martin’s efforts to expand munitions production into Europe benefitting from a “sense of urgency” among governments, a company executive says.