Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis

Feb 24, 2023
A new level of scrutiny and investment is coming to high- and near-space altitudes following a bizarre series of ballooning incidents in February.
Feb 23, 2023
Aviation Week’s team discusses Air India’s massive aircraft order and defense highlights from Aero India.
Feb 23, 2023
The new procurement strategy is intended to boost competition.
Feb 23, 2023
Under new leadership and with increased scrutiny, the U.S. Air Force wants to make ABMS operational with new awards and a different approach to testing.
Feb 23, 2023
Red Flag, the service’s most important combat training event, shifts to overwater for the first time in its 48-year history.

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May 20, 2025
The complexity of the security situation in the South China Sea and the de facto limited budget means that the Philippine Air Force's (PAF) modernization objectives face tough competition with other services.
May 19, 2025
Australia has launched Mission Talon Strike, an Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator initiative aimed at domestically developing loitering munitions.
May 19, 2025
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is honing in on collecting information related to foreign cartel organizations.
May 19, 2025
A U.S. agency finished building the first B61-13 nuclear gravity bomb nearly a year early.
May 19, 2025
Europe is becoming a staging ground for dealmaking, driven by an anticipated wave of military spending.
May 19, 2025
The European Union and the UK have agreed on a new security and defense partnership.
May 16, 2025
A U.S. Army plan to cut its AH-64D Apaches could open those airframes up for foreign military sales
May 16, 2025
A new U.S. Army plan to cut its MQ-1C Gray Eagle will leave a gap in surveillance and strike missions that the service isn’t yet sure how to fill.