Budget, Policy & Operations

U.S. Air Force pilots could return to the electronic attack mission under a unique plan proposed by the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee has recommended adding $45 billion to President Biden’s request of $813 billion for national defense in its 2023 defense policy bill to speed implementation of the National Defense Strategy and account for rising inflation.

The Netherlands has selected Embraer’s C-390 airlifter as the replacement for its long-serving Lockheed C-130 Hercules fleet.

President Joe Biden has announced that the U.S. will provide Ukraine with another $1 billion in military assistance to fight its war with Russia.

An interim software fix for the Pegasus is delayed due to errors in the first modified aircraft.

Norway has canceled its NH90 program and is demanding a refund after struggling with availability of the naval variant.

The House Appropriations Committee is looking to fund the Pentagon at the same level as the fiscal 2023 budget request, but has tweaked some of the proposed aircraft buys by decreasing the number of F-15EXs for the U.S. Air Force while increasing some helicopter programs.

AeroVironment expects a significant increase in demand for loitering munitions after a U.S. government decision to transfer Switchblade loitering munitions to Ukraine led to a wider export authorization for the armed flying systems.

Modeling and 3D-printing advances combine to enable development of high-temperature alloy with lower cost and greater performance.

Most U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviation units were grounded for a safety pause on June 13 after a series of fatal incidents within about one week.

NASA takes on UAP study; Three-way weapon competition; Gray Wolf development slows; AFRL building “virtual range” for directed energy

Frustrated with the poor availability of its NH90 naval helicopter fleet, Norway has decided to call it a day with the European rotorcraft.

After Ukrainian invasion wake-up call, Germany sets course for €100 billion recapitalization with military aviation at its heart.

After a 20 year search for a CF-18 replacement, Canada is months away from signing a F-35 contract.

A House Armed Services subcommittee, in a markup to the 2023 defense policy bill approved June 9, is raising concerns over multiple Pentagon helicopter programs and urging the Defense Department to move forward on other efforts it is trying to slow.

The agency turns to public-private partnerships to equip Artemis spacewalkers.

Raytheon Technologies, the Super Tier 1 aerospace supplier and large defense prime contractor, will move its corporate headquarters this year to Arlington, Virginia, home of the Pentagon and across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.

Navy boss says expeditionary EA-18Gs are not core to its role as a service.

The Australian and Canadian governments say Chinese fighters have intercepted and harassed their maritime patrol aircraft, with one Chinese aircraft releasing chaff that was ingested into the engines of a Royal Australia Air Force P-8 Poseidon.

The U.S. Army wants to experiment with eVTOL aircraft for logistics.

In recent years, Turkey has proved to be a mercurial, if not problematic, partner.

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury has called for enhanced European cooperation on defense procurement and for EU member states to be more supportive of Europe’s defense industry.

Bern’s Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport says it can sign contracts before the “Stop F-35” initiative can be voted on.

Defense department is responding to threats from China, as well as pressure from the U.S.

Despite the fact that it won’t be declared operational for at least another two years, the Boeing KC-46A has flown thousands of operational missions and offloaded tens of millions of pounds of fuel under a plan that has freed up the troubled tanker to refuel 97% of receiver aircraft.