Budget, Policy & Operations

The Space Development Agency and its suppliers are racing to scale production and prove the resilience of their optical communications tech.

France’s plans to accelerate its planned increases in defense spending portend a potentially massive defense acquisition cycle.

Ascent Aviation Services has chosen Block Aero Technologies to digitalize its used serviceable material business and open doors to selling parts in China.

The Swiss government has opted to forgo key features in its Hermes 900 UAS because of repeated development delays.

France says it has ordered a counter-drone laser system as a demonstrator with an eye on potentially fielding a system around 2030.

China has unveiled its latest nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile arsenal, featuring a new variant of the liquid-fueled DF-5.

Planned investments for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) include several key procurements across the domains of air mobility, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), training, air combat capability, and unmanned systems.

SNC has begun test flights for the U.S. Air Force’s Survivable Airborne Operations Center, about five months after it began work on the first airframe.

F-35 deliveries have continued to be delayed despite steps to incentivize timely handovers, a new government watchdog report says.

The U.S. Space Force is racing to deploy a batch of National Security Space Launch missions before the end of the year.

The successor of the Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier will embark radically different aircraft, including UAS, the naval chief of staff says.

In an executive order, Trump adds NASA employees—53% of which are union members—to a growing list of federal workers exempt from collective bargaining rights.

Last week NATO released its official statistics for alliance member defense spending covering the period up to 2025, which made for interesting reading.

Israel has launched its latest surveillance satellite, the Ofek 19, to augment its in-space intelligence gathering capability with the addition of SAR.

Ellsworth AFB is preparing for the stealth bomber, but no arrival date has been announced for the lagging program.

The Pentagon on Sept. 2 confirmed it conducted a strike on what it called a drug vessel operated by a “designated narco-terrorist organization.”

A steady stream of social media from China's frequent rehearsals offers glimpses of a parade that will showcase mostly familiar weapon systems.

The UAS carried critical supplies, including spare parts, between the two ships.

The first of the next two prototypes of Turkey’s TAI Kaan combat aircraft has moved into the system integration phase ahead of plans to fly in spring 2026.

The number of aviation meteorologists stationed at air traffic control centers around the U.S. has fallen considerably.

EU members are set to spend more than $116 billion on defense procurement for the first time this year, the European Defense Agency says in a new report.

The Czech Republic has agreed to fly its leased Saab Gripen C/Ds another decade to bridge a gap as it looks to introduce Lockheed Martin F-35s over the period.

France and Germany have pledged to jointly develop an early warning system for Europe as both EU countries aim to strengthen defense technology capability.

Israel says it will funnel around $115 million into next-gen infrared sensor production in the latest move to bolster domestic defense production capacities.

Norway has deferred a decision on what helicopter it plans to employ on a new fleet of warships even as it selected the BAE Systems Type 26 frigate to provide the future naval combatant.