Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis

Aug 09, 2023
Northrop bids dasvidaniya to rocket’s Russian engines.
Aug 04, 2023
Rather than proceeding with a new F-35 engine, the service is using remaining Adaptive Engine Transition Program funds for sixth-generation development.
Aug 04, 2023
If China actively enforces its export controls, the U.S. is certain to step up supply chain efforts with allies to reduce dependency on Beijing.
Aug 03, 2023
The defense relationship between Azerbaijan and Turkey is tightening through cooperation on the Kaan fighter, but Baku’s role in the program remains foggy.
Jul 28, 2023
Seven missions have been set aside for the third-place winner.

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Jul 02, 2025
NATO’s June 2025 summit will no doubt go down as a key point in the alliance’s history. Headlines since the start of the meeting in the Hague firmly suggest that member states agreed to a massive increase in defense related spending with NATO shifting guidelines levels of defense spending from 2% of GDP to 5% by 2035. On paper this would increase European NATO member spending from $476.2 billion in 2024 to well over a trillion dollars by the middle of the next decade based on alliance figures.
Jul 02, 2025
Danish defense supplier Terma says it will support the used Argentinian Lockheed Martin F-16s the South American country bought from Denmark.
Jul 02, 2025
Israel has provided more details on its operations against Iran, including more than 500 strikes and interdictions attributed to what it calls its UAV Array.
Jul 02, 2025
Europe has added to its weather monitoring and Earth-observation capacity with the launch of the MTG-S1 satellite and the Sentinel-4 instrument.
Jul 01, 2025
The U.S. Air Force’s new combat rescue helicopter will take over distinguished visitor airlift and transport in the Washington, D.C., area.
Jul 01, 2025
President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” barely passed the Senate on July 1.
Jul 01, 2025
Boeing on July 1 announced it is making Stephen Parker its permanent head of Defense Space & Security.
Jul 01, 2025
The Swedish government says it will implement export credit guarantees for deals with Ukraine to help provide extra financial security to potential exporters.