Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Sep 24, 2024
The Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve is a peacetime effort to develop capacity that the U.S. military can tap during times of conflict or crisis.
Sep 20, 2024
The USAF secretary is targeting an F-22 replacement's per-unit cost near that of an F-35 or F-15EX .
Sep 18, 2024
The agency’s first operational satellite deployment will test its innovative bureaucracy.
Sep 17, 2024
The limited arrangement has U.S. and Australian personnel flying the Australian-made uncrewed system.
Sep 13, 2024
Editors discuss the V-22 program and its safety, but first shed light on the latest NGAD and CCA developments as AFA fast approaches.
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Feb 20, 2026
The South Korean government is reviewing approval of additional T-50TH advanced trainer exports to Thailand.
Feb 19, 2026
After a relatively slow decade in terms of export success, the Saab Gripen program appears to be experiencing a renaissance.
Feb 19, 2026
Embraer says it would establish a C-390 MRO facility in India with local partner Mahindra Group if the government there buys the airlifter.
Feb 19, 2026
Airbus says it is ready for a two-fighter approach under the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project.
Feb 19, 2026
The DOD is stepping up investment in North American germanium producers to strengthen supply chains strained by China’s critical mineral export restrictions.
Feb 19, 2026
After years of underinvestment, the tide is finally turning for the Hellenic Armed Forces, with the government pledging last year to inject €25 billion ($29 billion) into defense.
Feb 18, 2026
Hypersonic test company Stratolaunch has completed back-to-back launches of two Mach 5-plus, rocket-powered Talon-A vehicles from two different carrier aircraft in the space of just fourteen days.
Feb 18, 2026
A proposal to increase the size of the B-21 Raider program of record depends on getting U.S. Air Force approval to accelerate deliveries.