Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis

Apr 17, 2023
After decades of hints, Romania’s defense council blesses the purchase of the fifth-generation fighter.
Apr 14, 2023
Benefits of bulk buys; VC-25 replacement delayed; Embraer’s European pitch; and Boeing to fly new prototype on WGS-11 satellite.
Apr 12, 2023
The recent circulation of U.S. military and intelligence documents amplifies warnings about Ukraine’s need for fighters and counter-air missiles.
Apr 10, 2023
The worst-performing space acquisition programs are all software-intensive command and control.
Apr 07, 2023
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

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Jun 22, 2025
The U.S. joined Israel striking Iranian nuclear facilities, using Northrop Grumman B-2 bombers that employed the U.S. Air Force's largest conventional bomb.
Jun 20, 2025
The industrial joint venture company that will build the tri-national combat aircraft at the heart of the Global Combat Air Program has been christened Edgewing.
Jun 20, 2025
Eutelsat, whose OneWeb system competes with SpaceX’s Starlink, is raising $1.6 billion with backing from the French government.
Jun 19, 2025
Two Chinese-built satellites may be on the verge of conducting an on-orbit, satellite-to-satellite refueling activity for the first time, U.S. space situational awareness company Slingshot Aerospace recently announced.
Jun 19, 2025
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has agreed to explore opportunities with Electra.aero for the startup’s in-development EL9 ultra-short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Jun 18, 2025
A low-end collaborative combat aircraft designed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works entered captive-carry testing within the last few weeks.
Jun 18, 2025
French armament procurement agency DGA has selected Daher as one of five companies to fly a medium-altitude, long-endurance demonstrator for uncrewed ops.
Jun 18, 2025
EURA—made up of MTU Aero Engines, Safran Helicopter Engines and Avio Aero—is planning tests of a demonstrator power and propulsion system in the early 2030s.