Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis

Sep 01, 2023
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aug 31, 2023
With three expected bidders and three planned awards, everyone wins at whatever the price.
Aug 31, 2023
Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are vying for the NGAD program while the three military services are teaming on uncrewed aircraft development.
Aug 30, 2023
Fifteen years after a B-52 standoff jammers idea was shelved, the venerable bomber will audition for a role as a primary airborne electronic attack platform.
Aug 30, 2023
Private midtier bets that its post-production modification and communications expertise could give it a shot over defense giants and OEMs.

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Apr 11, 2024
New agreements between the U.S. and Japan are set to expand cooperation in the future human exploration of the Moon.
Apr 10, 2024
The document identifies the specific missions it wants to focus on for increasing commercial capabilities.
Apr 10, 2024
The initiative allows services to spend up to $100 million for early development activities up to the preliminary design review stage.
Apr 10, 2024
By moving to three shifts for nonstop operations, Israeli maintainers have allowed Israeli Air Force to continue flying F-35Is at a rate of 35-39 jets a day.
Apr 10, 2024
South Korea has pushed the timeline of its latest AEW competition to the right after only one bidder submitted documents that met DAPA's requirements.
Apr 10, 2024
U.S. Space Command has extended invitations to France, Germany and New Zealand to join a high-level collaborative group on military space operations.
Apr 10, 2024
The Chinese government has recently proactively shared space safety information twice with the U.S. within the past six months.
Apr 09, 2024
The purchase would allow Ukraine to import services including engineering and integration for communications and interoperable systems.