Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
May 03, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
May 03, 2024
As the first Croatian Rafales arrive, neighboring Serbia lays out plans for its own procurement of the French fighter.
May 03, 2024
The long-awaited crewed debut of Boeing’s Starliner caps off a 13-year effort to certify multiple commercial providers of low-Earth-orbit astronaut transport.
May 01, 2024
Small, high-altitude balloons, business jets and loitering UAVs all feed into new targeting plans.
May 01, 2024
Collaborative Combat Aircraft and Survivable Airborne Operations Center selections favor private companies as major primes set sights on larger awards.
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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.
Sep 02, 2025
The UAS carried critical supplies, including spare parts, between the two ships.
Sep 02, 2025
The first of the next two prototypes of Turkey’s TAI Kaan combat aircraft has moved into the system integration phase ahead of plans to fly in spring 2026.