Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
May 15, 2024
With FARA canceled and FLRAA’s design changed, U.S. Special Operations Command is adjusting its own modernization goals.
May 14, 2024
Without any alternatives, the Air Force would have to depend on the KC-135 if a war occurs before 2028. Is it ready?
May 13, 2024
Air Mobility Command’s goal of fielding a stealthy, penetration tanker aircraft in the mid-2030s faces pressure from tight budgets on its current timeline.
May 09, 2024
A new generation of high-speed rotorcraft technology is available for the U.S. Navy, but ship-board limitations already have ruled out the natural option.
May 07, 2024
Upgrades and replacements are coming for the U.S. Marine Corps’ light- and medium-size rotorcraft fleet, along with advanced new uncrewed aircraft systems.
Premium Defense Budget, Policy & Operations News
Sep 16, 2025
The defense market will become the biggest growth driver for the space-based remote sensing industry, Novaspace analysts estimate.
Sep 15, 2025
Startup Certo Aerospace, developing an uncrewed co-axial rotorcraft, has won a UK Defense Ministry contract to demonstrate logistics and medevac capabilities.
Sep 15, 2025
BAE Systems is hoping to accelerate the integration of the European Common Radar System Mk. 2 into the UK’s Eurofighter Typhoons.
Sep 15, 2025
Days after Russian drone incursions into Poland and Romania, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to NATO countries to invest in his country’s low-cost interceptors.
Sep 15, 2025
Singapore is exploring additional airborne capabilities to complement its future fleet of Boeing P-8A Poseidons, which are scheduled to enter service in the early 2030s.
Sep 12, 2025
NATO will bolster the defense of Poland after violations of that country’s airspace by Russian uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) earlier this week.
Sep 12, 2025
President Trump’s goal of a Golden Dome to protect against a broad range of threats to the homeland is likely to cost far more than originally advertised.
Sep 12, 2025
Europe’s last Sukhoi Su-22 ground attack aircraft have been formally withdrawn from the Polish Air Force service after 41 years in the air.