Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
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.
Apr 30, 2024
The U.S. Air Force has declared a Nunn-McCurdy cost breach for its Boeing MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter program.
Apr 30, 2024
Lockheed’s road map to victory provides clues for the sixth-generation combat aircraft program.
Apr 30, 2024
Six European countries are expected to have placed orders for 24 DHC-515s by the summer.
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Sep 10, 2025
The U.S. Air Force search for a new military leader broadened to more retirees and lieutenant generals after a leading contender faced new criticism on social media, sources say.
Sep 10, 2025
Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35s shot down Russian drones as part of a NATO mission to help protect Polish air space, the Dutch defense minister confirmed.
Sep 10, 2025
The Republic of Singapore Air Force is testing mini-UAS as part of an effort to establish a multi-tiered UAS network for swarm, ISR and counter-drone missions.
Sep 10, 2025
Singapore says it will acquire four Boeing P-8A Poseidons as its next-generation maritime patrol aircraft, replacing its Air Force’s Fokker 50 Enforcers.
Sep 10, 2025
Mauritania has built a modest but modern air force thanks to a fivefold increase in defense spending from 2003 to 2023.
Sep 09, 2025
After languishing in budgetary limbo, an electronic warfare suite developed for the F-16 is now being pressed quickly into service.
Sep 09, 2025
Poland has secured the lion’s share of a European Union financial assistance fund for nations to build their defense readiness.
Sep 09, 2025
Rafael has launched the industrial phase of adapting its Iron Beam high-power laser air defense system for maritime applications.