Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Denmark has joined the growing list of European nations expected to increase its defense spending in response to Russia’s invasion of parts of Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The proposal is called the Fighter Force Preservation and Recapitalization Act of 2023, introduced last month.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio, Brian Everstine
Ted Colbert, the president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, vows to bid differently for future programs in a conversation with Aviation Week.
Check 6

By Tony Osborne
Michael Schoellhorn talks with Aviation Week about the rapidly changing face of Europe’s security requirements.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force should return to its Cold War-era practice of flying a nuclear command post 24/7, a key lawmaker argues.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The measure sets the fiscal 2024 DOD budget at $886 billion, about a 3.5% increase from the current budget. For fiscal 2025, it would increase to $895 billion.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Macron said Russia’s noncompliance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and its suspension of the New START Treaty could leave Europe “naked."
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
With Osprey orders ending and the Chinook awaiting a major U.S. Army decision, Boeing is devising a new future for its Philadelphia campus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon on May 31 announced a new batch of aid for Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
U.S. officials have repeatedly met with Turkish officials in recent months to try to get Ankara to support Sweden’s push to join NATO.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The first aircraft participating in the Air Defender 2023 deployment exercise have touched down at German air bases.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Poland's Armaments Agency signed contracts for the delivery of 800 Lockheed Martin AGM-114R2 Hellfire missiles, to equip the country's new AW149 helicopters.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Helen Chachaty
Germany, France, the Netherlands and Czech Republic are discussing the future of strategic airlift and eyeing solutions for heavy and outsized cargo aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

“Four squadrons of F-16s (48 aircraft) are exactly what we need to liberate our country from the aggressor,” Ukraine's defense ministry tweeted May 26
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The proving ground will use open-architecture testbeds to enable industry to flight-test autonomy technologies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
If confirmed, Brown would be the first Air Force chairman since 2005, replacing retiring U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley in the role.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Denmark and the Netherlands will lead a group effort to train Ukrainian pilots on Lockheed Martin F-16s following a green light from the U.S.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Helen Chachaty
Dassault Aviation has resumed Rafale deliveries to France and is currently negotiating a contract for a fifth batch of aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The Royal Thai Air Force has provided an explanation for a recent report that the U.S. had rejected Thailand’s proposal to acquire Lockheed Martin F-35As.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A promised supply of Western fighter jets has prompted a comprehensive review within Ukraine’s air force of its structure, training and logistics needs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A yearslong campaign to define a new U.S. air superiority fighter will reach a climax when a development contact is awarded in 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Poland in September 2022 announced plans to buy 96 new-build AH-64Es in an acquisition that could be worth up to $7 billion.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Five European countries are proposing the development of a new short-range air-to-air missile capable of countering future combat aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Spain is planning to raise national defense spending steadily to 2% of GDP by the end of the decade, enabling expenditures on a range of new equipment.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
While the U.S. and its partners have agreed to start training Ukrainian pilots on Lockheed Martin F-16s, the jets’ delivery will take several months.
Budget, Policy & Operations