Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Mar 29, 2024
The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act directed the secretary of defense to secure critical minerals from “reliable sources.”
Mar 28, 2024
Now in its fourth year, the European Commission-led EDF aims to support defense research, development and cooperation among member states.
Mar 25, 2024
The agency’s disruptive approach to space acquisition has produced many contracts in a tight timeline, though its biggest tests are yet to come.
Mar 19, 2024
Rising demand for weapons stocks is driving a review of European missile manufacturing.
Mar 19, 2024
The agency is asking for the same amount of money it received in 2023.
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Sep 01, 2025
Israel says it will funnel around $115 million into next-gen infrared sensor production in the latest move to bolster domestic defense production capacities.
Sep 01, 2025
Norway has deferred a decision on what helicopter it plans to employ on a new fleet of warships even as it selected the BAE Systems Type 26 frigate to provide the future naval combatant.
Aug 31, 2025
Despite its relatively large size and strategically important location in northern Africa, the Tunisian Republic Air Force (TRAF) is one of the smallest air arms in the region.
Aug 31, 2025
South Africa’s state-owned Denel Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Brazil’s Embraer to cooperate on the C-390 Millennium aircraft, possibly signalling a future airlifter acquisition.
Aug 29, 2025
Tension has been increasing between Tel Aviv and several European capitals over Israel’s conduct of the military operation in the Gaza Strip.
Aug 29, 2025
The Polish Air Force cancelled its flagship Radom Airshow following the fatal crash.
Aug 29, 2025
Alongside Hanwha Systems and local artificial intelligence company Funzin, Korea Aerospace Industries has set up an AI-Electronic Warfare Research Center.
Aug 29, 2025
The UK Defense Ministry is seeking a low-cost tactical ballistic missile capable of hitting targets about 370 mi. away, with a price tag of around $675,000.