Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
The UK’s efforts to rearm are marching at two beats—one fast-paced, another glacial.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Development Agency will test whether commercial deorbiting can keep its low-Earth-orbit architecture safe and sustainable.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
Listen in as Aviation Week editors break down the Pentagon's new National Defense Strategy and what it means for the budget.
Check 6

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force's top fighter pilot says the Trump administration's planned influx of funding should be targeted first to spare parts to address ongoing readiness issues.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Labour MPs are looking back at the canceled TSR- 2 and urging the government to learn from history.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Anna Sliwon-Stewart
A key modernization priority for the Indonesian Air Force is the expansion of a mixed fighter fleet, which is expected to more than triple over the next decade.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Tony Osborne
It seems Moscow is also now making extensive use of the Starlink satellite communications system.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Industry and lawmakers are pressing the UK government to deliver a Defense Investment Plan and start outlining defense priorities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore and U.S.-based Epirus have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance high-power microwave (HPM) counter-drone capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
German startup LiveEO says it plans to deploy a constellation of 3D Earth-imaging spacecraft, naming Reflex Aerospace as the satellite platform developer.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
ESA is moving forward on preparing contracts under its European Launcher Challenge as it waits for the UK to decide on how to allocate its budgetary commitment.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Iceye is pushing Europe to get on with building an autonomous satellite intelligence system, proposing a 1,000-spacecraft construct called Constellation Europe.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force and SpaceX launched the latest GPS III satellite on Jan. 27, on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
Bangladesh has signed a government-to-government agreement with China Electronics Technology Group Corp. for drone technology transfer and domestic assembly.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
European defense planners are exploring how a reserve of civilian aircraft could help close a strategic airlift shortfall.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sean Broderick
The NTSB agreed that the accident was caused by multiple factors, led by the FAA’s placement of a helicopter route in close proximity to a DCA approach path.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
Autonomous cargo aircraft startup Grid Aero closed a $20 million Series A financing round in January.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Boeing on Jan. 27 reported another $565 million charge on its U.S. Air Force KC-46 tanker program in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The Indonesian Air Force has taken delivery of its first three Dassault Rafale B fighters, a key milestone in a long-running combat aircraft recapitalization.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Hypersonic vehicle developer Polaris won a German contract to build and flight test a fully reusable system with satellite deployment capability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Europe needs to increase its level of spending on space to avoid falling further behind rivals, the European Space Agency argues.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
The EU defense and space commissioner is pushing for an accelerated fielding of the bloc's secure satellite communication system, due to come online by 2030.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. defense industrial base needs a mobilization akin to the heights of the world wars and the Cold War, according to the Pentagon’s new strategy.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. reportedly may gain at least discrete areas of sovereign Greenland territory above or below the ice. But don’t send the surveyor teams out yet.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy has created a program office charged with developing Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) for the service.
Aircraft & Propulsion