Budget, Policy & Operations

Ben Wallace will continue as UK defense secretary in the new government formed by new Prime Minister Liz Truss.

The U.S. Marine Corps is trying out the so-called expeditionary advanced basing operations concept with its Lockheed Martin F-35B fighters while on deployment to Australia.

The deals come as Chinese naval ships continue to prowl the waters around Taiwan after tensions heightened in early August.

An order for the Su-35 would be the first major acquisition by Iran for its air force in more than two decades.

As novel cockpits become a pressing need in civil and military aviation, sensors may enable the creation of metrics for human factors.

Sweden and Finland’s air forces will bring an air power increase to NATO’s order of battle and benefit from the alliance’s capabilities.

U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command on Sept. 2 returned its CV-22 fleet to flight after more than two weeks of grounding because of an issue with the tiltrotor’s gearbox for which the service still does not have a root cause.

Saab says some nations are focusing on fighter acquisition affordability and not operating costs, which could affect future capability.

The Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet is using Exercise Pitch Black to gain additional certifications and operational experience as the unit moves toward initial operating capability.

The Japanese Defense Ministry is asking for at least 5.59 trillion yen ($40.3 billion) in a budget request for 2023 announced Aug. 31.

This is Germany’s first overseas fighter deployment to the region following a shift in focus to the Indo-Asia Pacific by Berlin.

A number of UK Royal Air Force, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy crewmembers are currently attached to the Royal Australian Air Force’s Boeing E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft unit, as the two air forces await delivery of their own E-7s.

Plans for a third round of flight testing to support F-35 operations from the UK’s two new aircraft carriers are facing delays after the HMS Prince of Wales developed technical problems shortly after leaving port.

The arrangement frees up Slovak MiG-29 for potential transfer to Ukraine.

The Republic of Singapore Air Force is preparing for the delivery of its own F-35Bs in 2026.

Sierra Nevada building two prototypes as it anticipates U.S. Army program to replace Beechcraft RC-12 Guardrails.

“What we’re looking at is not necessarily to do it solely with NGAD. How do you do it with the F-35, for example?” USAF Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. says.

A Cold War-level Dutch defense increase, prompted by Ukraine crisis, will pay for additional aircraft.

The program is intended to provide global dividends across the science, economic and global leadership spectrums, NASA says.

Canberra wants the 40 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawks to replace its fleet of problematic NHIndustries NH90 helicopters, known locally as MRH90 Taipans.

Austria’s Airpower Airshow claims to have secured the European debut of China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force with the participation of an X’ian Y-20 airlifter.

The Pentagon is implementing a new plan to avoid civilian casualties in air strikes and other combat operations, with steps such as creating a new data system for sharing information on potential civilian harm and incorporating new guidance into military training, exercises and doctrine.

Fifty years after Apollo, NASA is preparing for a permanent presence around the Moon.

Collins’ reconnaissance pod takes flight; UH-60V poised for production; UK P-8’s first SAR mission; and U.S. Army to expand counter-UAS.

U.S. aircraft struck infrastructure sites reportedly belonging to Iranian-backed militias on Aug. 23 more than a week after American troops were targeted in an attack that a U.S. official said was directly linked to Tehran by, among other things, wreckage of Iranian-made drones.