Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois
This year’s AsterX—a name evocative of both space and a popular cartoon character—was part of a joint exercise inspired by the war in Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
EUCOM released the video from the MQ-9A’s belly-mounted MTS-B sensor on March 16 after Russia denied that the intercept by two Su-27s led to a collision.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. is not yet sure if a pair of Russian fighters intended to down an MQ-9 Reaper UAV over the Black Sea on March 14.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force will see its spending increase dramatically in nuclear modernization over the next five years.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army wants $1.5 billion for its Future Vertical Lift programs.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy wants to end the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton buy at 22, far short of the program of record as it looks to procure other uncrewed systems.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Australia will buy three U.S. Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack subs before embarking on a trilateral submarine development under the AUKUS defense pact.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK is further adapting its security and defense apparatus to deal with what ministers see as an “epoch-defining challenge” from China.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore’s ministry of defense has confirmed that the U.S. Air Force sent the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk on a “short-term deployment” to the island.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps want to maintain production of the Lockheed Martin F-35B and F-35C at a steady rate over the next five years.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy wants an increase in critical, long-range munitions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is requesting $1.9 billion in RDT&E for its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform, an increase from $1.7 billion in fiscal 2023.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is focusing heavily on maritime strike as it looks toward the Pacific with a need for munitions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force is investing in new offensive capabilities in space.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is again asking for permission from Congress to retire hundreds of aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force wants to increase its buy of Boeing F-15EXs above what was previously planned.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force will not go ahead with a full engine replacement for its Lockheed Martin F-35A.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK is to raise its defense spending by £5 billion over the next two years, reflecting concerns about threats from Russia and the rise of China.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK and France will advance work on the development of a new-generation cruise missile and anti-ship missile.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The joint RAF squadron was formed as part of the UK’s Qatar Air Program connected to its sale of Eurofighter Typhoons to the Qatar Emiri Air Force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Next-Generation Air Dominance to be approximately a one-for-one F-22 replacement, bolstered by collaborative combat aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Officials call for clean-sheet designs, saying commercial-derivative refuelers are not survivable.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Air National Guard has increased the numbers of F-15s it flies, and keeping them in the air has taken creative fleet management and intensive maintenance.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force recently deployed F-22s to a tiny, bare base in the Pacific for the first in a significant demonstration of its new agile operating concept.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
President Biden’s fiscal 2024 budget proposal unveiled March 9 includes $27.2 billion for NASA, a $1.8 billion or 7.1% increase over current-year spending.
Budget, Policy & Operations