Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis

May 01, 2024
Collaborative Combat Aircraft and Survivable Airborne Operations Center selections favor private companies as major primes set sights on larger awards.
May 01, 2024
Small, high-altitude balloons, business jets and loitering UAVs all feed into new targeting plans.
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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Feb 02, 2026
The Republic of Singapore Air Force is opting to acquire secondhand Lockheed Martin C-130H aircraft as an interim measure to replace some aging C-130B/Hs.
Feb 02, 2026
A U.S. Army plan to go to a pure fleet of AH-64E Apaches by retiring its D models is starting to have ripple effects internationally, and Boeing is taking that as an opportunity to bring on more interest in the E model while also touting new capabilities the gunship will have.
Feb 02, 2026
The U.S. approved a $6.67 billion export package for Israel that includes potential orders for 30 Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopters, additional Leonardo AW-119Kx helicopters and ground systems.
Feb 02, 2026
USAF may need to look at moving more quickly to develop a new airlifter based on the heavy use the Boeing C-17 has seen, the service’s top planner says.
Jan 30, 2026
With the Airbus H160M set to embark on French navy warships in the 2030s, work has begun to prove the rotorcraft’s compatibility with operations at sea.
Jan 30, 2026
For Japan, 2026 marks the penultimate year of its five-year Defense Buildup Plan, initiated in 2022 in response to a perceived deterioration in the regional security environment.
Jan 30, 2026
Russia plans the inaugural launch of the Soyuz-5 medium-lift vehicle at the end of March, the deputy head of Roscosmos state corporation Dmitry Baranov says.
Jan 30, 2026
German chancellor Friedrich Merz says Berlin and Paris will make a decision in a few weeks on whether to jointly pursue a future combat aircraft.