Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis

Aug 07, 2020
A two-year evaluation has coalesced into plans to field a sea-based interceptor as quickly as possible.
Aug 06, 2020
NRO’s new approach to satellites; Russia’s S-70 acceleration; defining “Attritable” in dollar terms; Collins’ training device.
Aug 05, 2020
The odds of repurposing the satellites for GNSS are limited.
Jul 31, 2020
The Pentagon identified two programs to support NGAD in 2014, then went silent; one has reemerged in budget documents this year.
Jul 30, 2020
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Oct 14, 2022
Steadfast Noon usually passes with little public acknowledgement as it exercises NATO’s nuclear deterrent, but this year the drills appear to have grown.
Oct 13, 2022
The U.S. Navy’s new effort to link uncrewed assets across the Middle East for improved maritime surveillance will grow next month when the service includes uncrewed aircraft along with more vessels for an expansion in numbers and capability.
Oct 13, 2022
The competing teams led by Lockheed Martin/Boeing and Bell must self-fund the costs or disband the industry teams until the delayed contract award is finalized.
Oct 13, 2022
France, Spain and the UK have committed to supplying additional air defense equipment to Ukraine.
Oct 12, 2022
The U.S. must effectively compete with China through military modernization, including strengthening the defense industrial base, broad military modernization and new technologies in space, the Biden administration outlines in a long-awaited National Security Strategy. 
Oct 11, 2022
U.S. Foreign Military Sales rebounded to about $50 billion in fiscal 2022, driven largely by assistance to the Ukrainian military’s fight against Russia but also the world’s emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic and potential threats in the Indo-Pacific region, according to the director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
Oct 11, 2022
A joint UK/Qatari squadron set up to train personnel from the Arabian Gulf state on the Eurofighter Typhoon has deployed to the Middle East to protect the upcoming World Cup football tournament.
Oct 10, 2022
A week before the 60th anniversary of the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the geopolitical environment has completely changed, yet fear is rising again about a nuclear conflict between Russia and NATO.