Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Jul 11, 2025
After a lull, Turkey is starting to lay out more for defense.
Jul 10, 2025
Rare earths are essential for a wide variety of defense systems to function but the U.S. is largely reliant on China for these strategic metals. Listen in as experts discuss what can be done.
Jul 10, 2025
The Space Force is replacing its legacy tactical and strategic satellite communications assets with disaggregated and proliferated spacecraft.
Jul 04, 2025
A new leader, a funding plan and an architecture outline define the early steps toward Trump’s hawkish homeland defense plan.
Jul 04, 2025
The Defense Department’s latest budget plan goes all in on space-based moving-target tracking.
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Dec 22, 2025
NASA's Jared Isaacman is eager to expedite the Artemis program and that the agency needs to make best use of the ISS' remaining life to seed business for its commercial follow-ons.
Dec 22, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron has said the country will proceed with plans to build a new aircraft carrier.
Dec 22, 2025
South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace finalized a contract with Estonia to supply the Baltic state with the K239 Chunmoo tactical surface-to-surface missile system.
Dec 19, 2025
Malaysia is looking to fast-track its multirole combat aircraft program after plans to acquire ex-Kuwaiti Boeing F/A-18 Hornets are expected to face delays.
Dec 18, 2025
Rheinmetall says it has received the order to provide synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites to the German Armed Forces a day after funding was approved.
Dec 18, 2025
The French Defense Innovation Agency (AID) says startups ThrustMe and ION-X will provide the on-orbit propulsion systems for its Toutatis demo due in 2027.
Dec 18, 2025
Washington has green-lit the potential sale of $11.1 billion in military equipment to Taiwan.
Dec 17, 2025
Air Forces in Focus analyzes the results so far of the Army Transformation Initiative unveiled in May.