Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Apr 21, 2021
While Ariane 6 is overcoming the last technical hurdles, reusability demonstration programs are making progress.
Apr 19, 2021
The nation needs to declassify technology, rely on private industry and compete for routine space missions.
Apr 15, 2021
Hunt for hypersonic interceptor; Smith wants May 10 budget request; Air Force’s SIAW shift, and Austin scraps European drawdown.
Apr 15, 2021
An intense private feud erupted publicly over Air Force objections to Army plans to encroach on long-range strike mission.
Apr 12, 2021
The U.S. Army plans to use like digital twins and advanced manufacturing to improve aviation sustainment.
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Mar 25, 2025
Australia is starting the process of transitioning its attack helicopter fleet to the Boeing AH-64E Apache as it looks to reach IOC in 2028, an official says.
Mar 24, 2025
Europe’s defense industry is getting ready for a surge in government spending that is driving companies to reset growth ambitions and strategies more broadly.
Mar 24, 2025
L3Harris expects to deliver the first MC-55A Peregrine multi-intelligence platform to the Royal Australian Air Force this year, after several program delays.
Mar 24, 2025
Investment in new defense equipment has exploded in Europe, nearly trebling from $60 billion to $175 billion, and this may only be the start.
Mar 21, 2025
Boeing has won a contract to develop the F-47 next-generation combat aircraft for the U.S. Air Force which throws a lifeline to the company’s struggling military aviation business.
Mar 20, 2025
Europe’s air forces need to relearn vital suppression and destruction of enemy air defense skills in a bid to restore their air power advantage, experts insist.
Mar 20, 2025
Saab is gearing up to install a new AI aid on its Gripen E combat aircraft that will assist pilots in beyond-visual-range air-to-air combat.
Mar 20, 2025
ESA will issue an invitation to tender for the European Launcher challenge next week, the agency’s director general says.