Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Apr 23, 2021
From replacing the Tornado fighter to buying new unmanned aircraft systems, a look at potential deliveries.
Apr 23, 2021
“This is the first powered flight on another planet. Let that blow your mind for a minute.”
Apr 23, 2021
The short flight-test effort aims to prove rotorcraft and other aircraft types could play a key role in future planetary exploration.
Apr 22, 2021
European industry is finally within reach of beginning development on a MALE UAS to compete with offerings from U.S. and Israel.
Apr 22, 2021
General warns of Chinese space prototype; U.S. Army wants FVL upgrades; Singapore’s new operational tanker; and T-7 aft fuselage arrives.
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Dec 27, 2024
Iraq is to become the first export customer for the Korea Aerospace Industries KUH-1 Surion utility helicopter.
Dec 23, 2024
Vietnam has developed the VCS-01 Truong Son coastal defense system, along with the VSM-01A Song Hong ("Red River") anti-ship missile.
Dec 23, 2024
The Philippines is looking at a short to medium-term plan to acquire the Lockheed Martin Typhon missile system, as one way to bolster its coastal defenses.
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.