Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Sep 19, 2025
The hybrid-electric, short-takeoff-and-landing transport could fill a gap in the military’s air mobility fleet.
Sep 19, 2025
Europe has momentum as an exporter to India, but the advancement of India’s own industry will be the ultimate determinant.
Sep 18, 2025
Startups and established primes are revisiting weapon development to accelerate delivery of equipment to users.
Sep 17, 2025
New industry partnerships are moving the Global Combat Aircraft Program closer to its multibillion-dollar design and development contract.
Sep 12, 2025
Both top positions in the U.S. Air Force remain unfilled amid modernization challenges and growing threats from China and beyond.
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May 28, 2026
Ukraine will receive 16 donated Saab Gripen fighters from Sweden once it finalizes the first stage of a deal to acquire new-build Gripen Es.
May 28, 2026
House authorizers want the Pentagon to designate a point person to oversee the Defense Department-wide position, navigation and timing (PNT) enterprise.
May 28, 2026
The Australian Army is in the middle of one of the largest transformations of its aviation force in decades, replacing troubled legacy fleets, expanding training capabilities and adapting aviation assets to support the country’s evolving defense strategy.
May 27, 2026
L3Harris executives said that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney surprised and “disappointed” them by announcing the selection of the Saab GlobalEye.
May 27, 2026
Canadian industry will build one-third of the future export orders for the Saab Global Eye on a local assembly line, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on May 27.
May 27, 2026
U.S. Special Operations Command will not fly any crewed surveillance aircraft by 2029 as it phases out the in-demand U-28 Draco fleet.
May 27, 2026
Defense planners need to recognize that kinetic anti-satellite threats may be hard to pinpoint as a direct attack, a senior Italian military space official warns.
May 27, 2026
A new Pentagon document shows the U.S. Army plans to cull its AH-64E fleet even as it retires all its AH-64Ds.