Budget, Policy & Operations

The UK is providing Ukraine with additional surface-to-air missiles, paid for with the interest from seized Russian assets.

Germany and Norway have agreed to jointly procure the Kongsberg Joint Strike Missile that both countries plan to employ on their Lockheed Martin F-35As.

South Korea has completed a series of flight separation tests for its homegrown long-range air-to-ground missile, the Korea Air-Launched Cruise Missile (KALCM).

Boeing says it has deployed its MQ-28 collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) for the first time to an operational location, RAAF Tindal AB, where F-35As are based.

The UK government confirmed plans to acquire at least 12 Lockheed Martin F-35As to bolster its offensive nuclear capability.

Belgium’s government has agreed to spend €34 billion ($39.5 billion) on defense equipment through 2034, Defense Minister Theo Francken has announced.

A special process used to fast-track legislation will likely be used again by lawmakers, a U.S. senator warned.

The German government plans to spend more than €86 billion ($100 billion) on defense this year if parliament backs an injection.

The UK Royal Navy is continuing efforts to recover a Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II that diverted to Thiruvananthapuram Airport in India.

France has demonstrated the ability to target high-altitude balloons using fighters as the government pushes to prepare for operations in that domain.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the country's ability to mass-produce drones is only hindered by a lack of funding as he asked for more support.

The UK Royal Navy's Crowsnest airborne surveillance and control system has demonstrated its operational relevance during a carrier deployment.

NATO is establishing initiatives to deepen ties to the commercial space industry across its 32-member alliance, via an inaugural strategy released June 24.

Iran targeted the largest American base in the Middle East with ballistic missiles in reprisal for U.S. attacks on its nuclear facilities over the weekend.

The debut of the Dynetics/Boeing GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator in Iran now offers the ultimate operational test for a unique and still mysterious weapon.

The Netherlands plans to field four high-resolution Iceye synthetic aperture radar satellites, the Finnish spacecraft provider says.

Hanwha Systems and Northrop Grumman have agreed to collaborate on developing integrated air and missile defense systems technology.

The late budget rollout, coupled with a reliance on GOP-led reconciliation, has caused consternation in a typically bipartisan budget process.

The U.S. used almost all operational Northrop Grumman B-2 bombers and more than half of its GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators in striking Iran.

The U.S. joined Israel striking Iranian nuclear facilities, using Northrop Grumman B-2 bombers that employed the U.S. Air Force's largest conventional bomb.

In its attacks on Iran, Israel teaches a master class on gaining air superiority.

The industrial joint venture company that will build the tri-national combat aircraft at the heart of the Global Combat Air Program has been christened Edgewing.

Eutelsat, whose OneWeb system competes with SpaceX’s Starlink, is raising $1.6 billion with backing from the French government.

The blended wing body demonstrator from JetZero is intended to provide the basis for development of a new military tanker-transport and a midmarket airliner.

Two Chinese-built satellites may be on the verge of conducting an on-orbit, satellite-to-satellite refueling activity for the first time, U.S. space situational awareness company Slingshot Aerospace recently announced.