Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Nov 05, 2021
Skyborg is the tip of the iceberg in a multiservice push to bring autonomous control systems from laboratories to the battlefield.
Nov 01, 2021
AW169 software updates boost engine performance while aerodynamic changes adjust flight handling.
Oct 21, 2021
After years of flying, one potential Black Hawk replacement will stay in the air as the other is broken down to inspect wear and tear.
Oct 19, 2021
Congressional behavior, midterm elections, new technologies and rising startup companies are likely to drive change in the 2020s.
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. Air Force experiments with satellite to augment GPS.
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Dec 23, 2024
Trump is nominating Stephen Feinberg, CEO of Cerberus Capital Management, to serve as deputy defense secretary to the still-to-be-confirmed Pete Hegseth.
Dec 23, 2024
Sweden is buying extra coastal anti-ship missile systems from Saab as part of the country’s wide-reaching effort to enhance its military capability.
Dec 22, 2024
A U.S. Navy destroyer mistakenly downed one of the service's F/A-18Fs. Both flight crew survived, with one sustaining minor injuries.
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.