Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Feb 20, 2020
Hopes for a sale to Saudi Arabia are out of reach with German arms embargo on Riyadh.
Feb 20, 2020
U.S. Air Force decides to trade-off current capabilities in the near-term to finance next-generation projects.
Feb 20, 2020
How lawmakers and the administration are responding to the most surprising proposals in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2021 budget request.
Feb 18, 2020
Next-Generation Interceptors could be emplaced in the ground by the end of the decade.
Feb 17, 2020
Securing German funding for Future Combat Air System demonstrators is seen as a “decisive” milestone, but Berlin’s political inertia could affect momentum.
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Mar 11, 2024
The U.S. Navy will see its total aircraft procurement dip in fiscal 2025 compared to the previous year’s request.
Mar 11, 2024
The U.S. Air Force wants to spend $2.81 billion for development of its Next Generation Air Dominance manned aircraft.
Mar 11, 2024
The service announced last month it would cancel the FARA program after spending $2 billion on development of competitive prototypes from Bell and Sikorsky.
Mar 11, 2024
The Pentagon on March 11 rolled out its $849.8 billion budget request for 2025.
Mar 11, 2024
Procurement of the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation T-7 trainer is set to begin in fiscal 2025, but at half the number originally expected.
Mar 11, 2024
The U.S. Air Force is changing course again on plans for its Boeing F-15EX Eagle II in the service’s fiscal 2025 budget request.
Mar 11, 2024
The ARRW is currently deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam, where it is expected to be tested on a B-52 soon.
Mar 11, 2024
Ministers Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Tom Tugendhat say that while defense spending of rivals is rising rapidly, that of the UK has only risen by 28% recently.