Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Mar 18, 2021
A congressionally imposed hiatus is almost over, and the competition for the prized 75-aircraft contract is set to heat up this summer.
Mar 18, 2021
UK Defense Review Provokes Backlash; China’s hypersonic ambitions; Yaogan-31 satellites launched; and Pentagon awards launch contract.
Mar 17, 2021
A look at the USAF 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, which stores retired military aircraft, on its 75th anniversary.
Mar 17, 2021
After a series of cancelled programs over a decade ago, U.S. military officials make a new push for tracking moving targets from space.
Mar 17, 2021
The French Air and Space Force envisions a scaled-down A400M to replace C-130Hs and adversary air-to-air training as a service.
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Jun 12, 2025
The Pentagon’s expected low funding request for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX will bankroll designs of the fighter aircraft to completion.
Jun 12, 2025
UK defense spending is on a “clear path” to rise to 2.6% of GDP by 2027.
Jun 12, 2025
Recent weeks have seen British media outlets infatuated not by warfighting capability, but by the future of the UK’s fleet of jet trainers.
Jun 11, 2025
A sixth-generation fighter is on hold because the U.S. Navy’s top civilian official lost confidence in the defense industry’s ability to take on a new program.
Jun 11, 2025
The DOD will not disclose the funding amount or timelines related to turning a gifted Boeing 747-8 from the government of Qatar into an interim Air Force One.
Jun 11, 2025
Turkey has secured its first export order for its indigenous Kaan combat aircraft after Indonesia signed a deal to acquire 48 examples of the fighter.
Jun 11, 2025
The Indonesian Defense Ministry has signed a contract with domestic aerospace prime PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) for six Leonardo AW189 helicopters.
Jun 11, 2025
The U.S. Air Force quietly released the first artistic rendering of the nuclear-armed, Raytheon AGM-181 Long-Range Standoff (LRSO) cruise missile on June 2.