Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis

May 28, 2020
The U.S. contends that Russia is not complying with the multinational arms control agreement and plans to withdraw within six months.
May 26, 2020
After 18 years, 89 launches and thousands of tests, SpaceX attempts human spaceflight.
May 26, 2020
Here is a look at the company’s milestones from its 2002 founding to the eve of the manned Crew Dragon launch.
May 25, 2020
When Vice President Pence told NASA to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024 “by any means possible,” he may have opened a Pandora’s box.
May 22, 2020
The defense sector is faring well in the COVID-19 crisis, but gargantuan new levels of government debt signal trouble ahead.

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Aug 22, 2024
Global events continue to drive military aircraft markets, and the AH-64E’s success is a useful example of the phenomenon.
Aug 22, 2024
A new report by Sydney's United States Studies Center says ITAR rules do not yet adequately facilitate the sharing of AUKUS-related advanced technologies.
Aug 22, 2024
Airbus is dispatching the third European Service Module (ESM-3) to the U.S. for eventual use on NASA’s mission to return humans to the moon.
Aug 21, 2024
A Royal Australian Air Force remote systems operator has become the first in the service to complete training on the Boeing MQ-28A Ghost Bat.
Aug 20, 2024
The so-called Silent Hangar—a large anechoic chamber due to open in 2026—will be able to test military aircraft up to the size of the Boeing Chinook rotorcraft.
Aug 20, 2024
With four months to go in 2024, this year’s defense tech funding is likely to surpass the record of $2.6 billion set in 2022 as well as 2023’s $2.1 billion.
Aug 20, 2024
The South Korean National Defense Ministry says the first of its reconnaissance satellites has passed in-orbit testing and is now operational.
Aug 20, 2024
As European states have moved to bolster defense budgets in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, no country has done more than Poland.