Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
After years of neglect, the service sees movement toward modernization.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
The HASC was poised to consider more than 800 amendments during debate on the legislation June 21
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Bell CEO Lisa Atherton tells reporters at the Paris Air Show that the company has to "hit every single mark" on the Future Long-Range Attack Aircraft contract.
Paris Air Show

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. manufacturer of MQ-9 Reapers has renewed its campaign to get the Biden administration to support transfers of the UAS to Ukraine.
Paris Air Show

By Graham Warwick
Safran Helicopters will develop a 600-kW turbogenerator for Electra.aero’s prototype nine-passenger hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Paris Air Show

By Bradley Perrett
The country’s aircraft carriers have plenty of space for rotorcraft. But the quality and quantity of the new aircraft present challenges.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Joe Anselmo, Brian Everstine, Tony Osborne, Steve Trimble
Hypersonics, missile defense, UAVs and next-generation fighters are in vogue at the Paris Air Show amidst a surge in spending by NATO members.
Paris Air Show

The U.S. House Appropriations defense subcommittee is providing $826.5 billion for defense and intelligence in fiscal 2024.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Bradley Perrett
As it expands, Chinese carrier air power must cope with an increasingly complex air fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Chachaty, Tony Osborne
Signed during a summit on European air defense, the agreement sees Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, France and Hungary buy MBDA Mistral surface-to-air missiles.
Paris Air Show

By Tony Osborne
While not becoming an FCAS partner in the contracted industrial phases, Belgium will guide its industry to pursue work that could support future program phases.
Paris Air Show

By Brian Everstine
A group of U.S. lawmakers will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron to urge France to increase its support for Ukraine.
Paris Air Show

By Chen Chuanren
Indonesia is considering acquiring more secondhand Mirage 2000s from the United Arab Emirates as stop-gap fighters as it waits for its new Dassault Rafale Cs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
For future surveillance satellites, the service seeks new thrusters and in-space refueling so it can “burn gas at will.”
Space

By Tony Osborne
Sweden’s defense materiel agency FMV is awaiting political approval to begin studies into a new-generation combat aircraft beyond the new Saab Gripen E.
Paris Air Show

By Brian Everstine
Boeing Defense and Space CEO Ted Colbert told reporters ahead of the Paris Air Show on June 18 that the second quarter will look like the earnings of the first.
Paris Air Show

By Steve Trimble
The Defense Production Act-enabled funding will increase production of high purity aluminum at an Arconic smelting plant in Davenport, Iowa.
Supply Chain

By Jen DiMascio
U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Jerry Moran, along with eight other senators, will meet with French officials in Paris to promote U.S. aerospace technology.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Saab says the deployable tower is fully developed and ready for potential use by militaries and humanitarian organizations.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Germany’s labored defense modernization contrasts dramatically with neighboring Poland’s lavish spending, but why are nations struggling to spend the money?
Paris Air Show

By Tony Osborne
Training of Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 combat aircraft could get underway in the coming months.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The German federal parliament's budget committee approved an initial €560 million of funding for the purchase of the Arrow anti-ballistic missile system.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Despite increased defense spending, parliamentary hearings are hinting at potentially adverse consequences for some of France’s key defense aerospace programs.
Paris Air Show

By Steve Trimble
Ukrainian success in fending off Russia’s invasion is changing Western allies’ policy about supplying fighters.
Paris Air Show

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has quickly deployed an undisclosed number of F-22s to the Middle East amid ongoing threatening behavior by Russia aircraft over Syria.
Budget, Policy & Operations