Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Mar 03, 2022
The 15-nation partnership faces its strongest challenge amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Mar 02, 2022
After a decade of deliberation, Abu Dhabi has opted to buy a Chinese platform for its future jet trainer.
Mar 01, 2022
Using C-130s as floatplanes and cruise missile launchers is part of AFSOC’s latest pivot to Asia.
Mar 01, 2022
Northrop’s Mission Robotic Vehicle to install life-extension pod on Australian Optus satellite.
Feb 28, 2022
Techniques developed to repair Hubble have been repurposed to shape Webb telescope’s primary mirror.
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Jun 12, 2025
The Pentagon’s expected low funding request for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX will bankroll designs of the fighter aircraft to completion.
Jun 12, 2025
UK defense spending is on a “clear path” to rise to 2.6% of GDP by 2027.
Jun 12, 2025
Recent weeks have seen British media outlets infatuated not by warfighting capability, but by the future of the UK’s fleet of jet trainers.
Jun 11, 2025
A sixth-generation fighter is on hold because the U.S. Navy’s top civilian official lost confidence in the defense industry’s ability to take on a new program.
Jun 11, 2025
The DOD will not disclose the funding amount or timelines related to turning a gifted Boeing 747-8 from the government of Qatar into an interim Air Force One.
Jun 11, 2025
Turkey has secured its first export order for its indigenous Kaan combat aircraft after Indonesia signed a deal to acquire 48 examples of the fighter.
Jun 11, 2025
The Indonesian Defense Ministry has signed a contract with domestic aerospace prime PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) for six Leonardo AW189 helicopters.
Jun 11, 2025
The U.S. Air Force quietly released the first artistic rendering of the nuclear-armed, Raytheon AGM-181 Long-Range Standoff (LRSO) cruise missile on June 2.