Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
May 27, 2025
Failure to adapt NATO in the current geopolitical situation risks fracturing the alliance and empowering adversaries.
May 23, 2025
Editors discuss the pricey Golden Dome program and how the DOD is rebalancing its spending, cutting back in other areas like Army aviation modernization.
May 23, 2025
Even before champagne is uncorked at Le Bourget, aerospace, defense and space are suffering a White House-induced hangover.
May 23, 2025
Once unthinkable, Europe now outspends the U.S. in some defense figures, but building back its arsenal will take time.
May 22, 2025
A May 20 announcement in the Oval Office marks the first step in moving the Golden Dome initiative for air and missile defense into reality at a record pace.
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Dec 08, 2025
South Korea has approved a KRW65.8 trillion ($45 billion) defense budget for 2026, a 7.5% year-on-year increase.
Dec 07, 2025
Gen. Michael Guetlein, Golden Dome program director, said the first batch of contracts for space-based interceptor technology were awarded in November.
Dec 06, 2025
The Office of Management and Budget director said the administration views reconciliation as a strategy to fund key defense needs outside of an appropriations process that requires 60 votes in the Senate.
Dec 06, 2025
The Pentagon says there is a commitment to deliver a new U.S. Navy fighter even as the F/A-XX source selection process remains stalled and industrial base capacity is uncertain.
Dec 05, 2025
The Royal Thai Air Force has awarded Israel Aerospace Industries a contract for its Integrated Air Defense System program, according to a Thai government document seen by Aviation Week.
Dec 05, 2025
South Korea has kicked off development of its indigenous Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile-II (SRAAM-II).
Dec 05, 2025
Australia will begin in-country production of Lockheed Martin’s Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles as a new production line opens.
Dec 05, 2025
Austria has finally signed a deal with Leonardo for a new fleet of 12 M-346 jet trainers and equipment worth $1.5 billion to replace its Saab 105 trainers.