Budget, Policy & Operations

The U.S. and Australian governments have invited Japan to join their Force Posture Initiative.

After a series of alleged faux-departs, France’s Dassault Aviation has declared the three-nation FCAS program can move forward.

New bomber is touted as the first sixth-generation aircraft, with advances in stealth and range named as key features.

The U.S. Air Force will lay out a new approach to protecting its forces in the Indo-Pacific region.

A continuing resolution would cut the U.S. Air Force’s buying power by as much as $12 billion, service Secretary Frank Kendall warns.

Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, who retired from the U.S. Air Force in July, reflected on the war, NATO and support for Kyiv in a panel session at a think tank event.

The U.S. Navy will make big investments in advanced parts for upcoming Ford-class aircraft carriers in its 2024 budget request.

Sharing low-cost emitters with Ukrainian forces is one innovative way to help complicate the air picture for Russia.

Though the defense authorization bill could pass quickly, a corresponding spending bill faces a tougher process.

Chinese and Russian air forces have conducted the first so-called landaways with their bomber forces.

Yes, you are in a strong defense spending economy. Whether it will ever feel like one is a different question.

The award marks the latest step to increase Ukraine’s air defenses, with the leaders of multiple nations pledging additional support.

The new Office of Strategic Capital aims to help with the development of key technologies with new connections to funding.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has confirmed the threat posed from long-range fires such as ballistic and cruise missiles.

The arrangement emerges as KAI reportedly pursues the potential sale of as many as 100 T-50 Golden Eagle jet trainers to the Egyptian Air Force.

Thailand is among the last Gripen users to embark on the upgrade, primarily due to a lack of funding.

China’s nuclear arsenal grows; Russia converts to conventional; Raptor helmet displays, and U.S. buys three more GPS satellites.

Shifting space debris tracking to the Commerce Department will free Spacecom up to focus on the “why” of movement in space.

The operator hopes to attract government money to build other new satellites.

The milestone approval keeps the Saab Gripen E on track to enter service next year with the Brazilian Air Force and in 2025 with the Swedish Air Force.

First delivery of the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft to the RAF has been pushed back 12 months.

Japan is set to increase its Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker fleet from four aircraft to six.

The nation can employ contracting tools, competition, creative policies and allied technologies to meet increased demands.

The UK Royal Air Force’s flight training pipeline is being stressed by queues of personnel waiting to reach the front line, industry officials involved in the U

The U.S. is looking at all its options to help with Ukraine’s air defense, including possibly Patriot missile systems, as Russia appears unlikely to relent in its constant attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, senior officials say.