Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis

Jun 05, 2024
Canada's procurement agency plans to fast-track its new fighter training program, awarding a contract within three years and introducing the jet by 2030.
May 31, 2024
Stockholm is transferring its remaining Saab ASC 890 aircraft to bolster Kyiv’s air defense capacity.
May 31, 2024
Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss the GAO's latest report on the F-35 and explain what's hampering the now $2 trillion program.
May 31, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
May 30, 2024
Saab is planning technology demonstrations to prove to Sweden's government that it can develop the nation’s next combat aircraft.

Premium Defense Budget, Policy & Operations News

Sep 03, 2025
F-35 deliveries have continued to be delayed despite steps to incentivize timely handovers, a new government watchdog report says.
Sep 03, 2025
The U.S. Space Force is racing to deploy a batch of National Security Space Launch missions before the end of the year.
Sep 03, 2025
The successor of the Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier will embark radically different aircraft, including UAS, the naval chief of staff says.
Sep 03, 2025
In an executive order, Trump adds NASA employees—53% of which are union members—to a growing list of federal workers exempt from collective bargaining rights.
Sep 03, 2025
Last week NATO released its official statistics for alliance member defense spending covering the period up to 2025, which made for interesting reading.
Sep 03, 2025
Israel has launched its latest surveillance satellite, the Ofek 19, to augment its in-space intelligence gathering capability with the addition of SAR.
Sep 02, 2025
The Pentagon on Sept. 2 confirmed it conducted a strike on what it called a drug vessel operated by a “designated narco-terrorist organization.”
Sep 02, 2025
A steady stream of social media from China's frequent rehearsals offers glimpses of a parade that will showcase mostly familiar weapon systems.