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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Oct 09, 2025
Baykar’s Kizilelma uncrewed combat air vehicle (UCAV) has completed its first weapon releases just days after beginning carriage tests.
Oct 09, 2025
The UK government-sponsored Future Flight Challenge officially came to an end in 2024, but on Sept. 29 the follow-on Future Flight Program announced a £4.4 million slate of awards.
Oct 09, 2025
Taiwan is doubling down on efforts to build a multifaceted uncrewed systems ecosystem, the defense ministry says in a new report.
Oct 09, 2025
Dark, a French startup developing a vehicle for the capture of low-Earth-orbit objects, has ceased operations, the company announced Oct. 8.
Oct 09, 2025
Washington is determined to reduce its dependency on China for critical minerals essential for defense systems, even if it means sourcing from conflict zones.
Oct 08, 2025
The U.S. Space Force has seen its foreign military sales cases grow exponentially in the past four years.
Oct 08, 2025
German lawmakers have approved spending on an additional top-up order for Eurofighter combat aircraft and a crucial upgrade path for the fighter.
Oct 07, 2025
The U.S. Department of Defense has invested a total of $79 million in two companies mining critical minerals in Alaska.