Budget, Policy & Operations

Raanan Horowitz
The nation can employ contracting tools, competition, creative policies and allied technologies to meet increased demands.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
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
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
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.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Bulgaria’s government has signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the Foreign Military Sale of a second batch of Lockheed Martin Block 70 F-16s.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
A senior Airbus UK official says the UK Royal Air Force’s A400M airlifters are now delivering on target availability after months of questions about whether the turboprop airlifter would be ready to take on the missions of the RAF’s Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules fleet.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
Listen in as Aviation Week defense editors discuss what details they are hoping to see and what is likely to come next for the B-21 Raider.
Defense

By Byron Callan
The White House will likely request a Pentagon budget boost, and defense budget authorizations usually receive bipartisan support.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Artemis I Orion spacecraft successfully executed a second major maneuver using propulsion from the capsule’s European Space Agency-provided service module on Nov. 25.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Boeing’s “systemic capture and hiring” of engineers now threatens the viability of parts of Brazil’s defense industrial base, says the Association of Aerospace Industries of Brazil (AIAB).
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon will send Ukraine additional munitions for advanced surface-to-air missile systems, along with more High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles and guns for downing unmanned aircraft systems.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Ukrainian personnel have been trained on the Sea King through a six-week course with the Royal Navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
It is the Royal Australian Air Force’s longest overseas deployment of the F-35A since its deliveries began in 2018.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with China’s defense minister on Nov. 22, pressing China to cut back on increasingly dangerous behavior by Chinese aircraft, though the Pentagon declined to provide any specifics about the incidents.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The missiles were fired from the Maya-class Aegis destroyers JS Maya on Nov. 16 and JS Haguro on Nov. 19 against targets fired from the U.S. Navy Missile Range Facility in Hawaii.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jen DiMascio
Turkey’s new UCAV; U.S.-Japan missile defense test; Defense exec foresees supply chain price hikes; Space Force-Blue Origin agreement.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Boeing has agreed to Indonesia’s financial package to buy F-15s, and the two sides are in advanced stages of negotiations ahead of a political decision by the c
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The CEO of Dassault Aviation appears to be disputing German and Spanish claims that an agreement has been reached around progressing to the next phase of FCAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus, Spain’s Indra and the German government say discussions that will allow the multibillion-euro combat aircraft project to move into the Phase 1B demonstrator period have concluded.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Norway’s government has asked its military chiefs to refresh the country’s defense plans in light of new regional security threats.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Boeing’s Defense, Space and Security (BDS) division announced an organizational streamlining on Nov. 17 as the $26.5 billion business unit seeks a
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
For now, the UK will spend “at least 2%” of gross domestic product on defense, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
How the Pentagon’s rush to field counters to Chinese and Russian hypersonic weapons has been frustrated by compressed testing schedules.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon has failed its fifth straight audit and though the department has made movement toward cleaning up its books, the top official in charge of the effort says there should have been more progress.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems is exploring the use of exoskeletons, robotics and augmented reality to help maintenance of the UK’s combat aircraft fleets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Clutch problem prompts review of V-22 Incidents; Air Force Special Operations Command looks at interim step to make gearboxes stronger.
Aircraft & Propulsion