NATO

By Vivienne Machi
NATO is bolstering several initiatives to streamline space domain awareness data collection and to integrate it into training and operations.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Multiple modifications made by Russia to improve the lethality and survivability of the Kh-101cruise missile against air defenses have achieved only limited success.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Latvia’s defense minister resigns after drone incursions expose airspace vulnerabilities, prompting leadership changes and calls for stronger defense.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Military planners face new vulnerabilities as defense becomes data-driven, exposing risks to cloud, AI tools and commercial satellites during conflict.
Defense

By Vivienne Machi
Government intel agencies must move faster than ever to satisfy operators’ growing appetite for remote-sensing data.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
The North Atlantic Treat Organization is looking to set up a space domain awareness marketplace similar to the U.S. Space Force’s Joint Commercial Operations (JCO) effort.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has hinted that the long-awaited, much-delayed Defense Investment Plan could emerge “in the coming weeks.”
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
NHIndustries and NATO have finalized a contract to kick off a midlife upgrade for the NH90 rotorcraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A Finnish startup developing autonomous airships has secured funding from NATO’s Innovation Fund.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
NATO’s Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Unit (MMU) has declared full operational capability, fewer than six years since the first aircraft was delivered.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
Gulf airlines continue to face heavy disruption, while U.S. carriers deal with a fuel cost surge and must compete against largely hedged European airlines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
NATO’s initiative to replace its long-serving Boeing E-3A Sentry airborne early warning aircraft fleet has now moved into the “realization stage.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Croatia’s prime minister says he has raised concerns with NATO about Serbia’s apparent acquisition of Chinese air-launched, long-range missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
French flow control, JAXA’s reusable rocket, hypersonic tunnel returns and laser link from GEO.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Airbus, Boeing, Leonardo, and Sikorsky have prequalified to participate in the next steps of a NATO initiative to develop a battlefield and naval rotorcraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
GKN Aerospace expands UAV development beyond Sweden, targeting NATO demand with new US/UK projects as defense spending rises.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Germany approves €810M arms deal for loitering munitions, ESSM upgrades and NH90 enhancements to bolster NATO defenses.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Navy has begun exploring ideas for a future crewed platform that would replace its Leonardo Merlin and Wildcat helicopters on its warships.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
Speed and range are becoming more central to Europe’s weapons plans.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Denmark will provide its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to support Arctic Sentry, a new NATO mission in the region.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
Several European countries have signed an agreement to jointly develop long-range loitering munitions, the German defense ministry said.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
The French ministry of armed forces is pushing its prime contractors to ramp up weapons production.
Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
Hexcel, which supplies advanced composites to more than 100 military aircraft, sees growing demand for its products globally as countries hike defense spending.
Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
American entrepreneur Lucien Zeigler and London-based investor Nehal Farooqui have launched Saudi Arabia’s first defense venture capital fund.
Budget, Policy & Operations