Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A cost estimate jumped 46% in three years to C$27.7 billion ($20.2 billion) to complete the acquisition of 88 F-35As for the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is requesting $3.5 billion for its F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Raytheon would offer a new guided rocket in the 2.75-in.-dia. class if USAF moves forward with a proposal to acquire a low-cost, high-speed air-to-air missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force has agreed to a support and sustainment contract for its fleet of new General Atomics Protector MQ-9B uncrewed aircraft systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Poland has canceled a plan to acquire Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk utility helicopters, citing a change in priorities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
GOP House appropriators are seeking to increase spending for sixth-generation fighters.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The Canadian government on June 9 committed to pouring another C$9.3 billion ($6.8 billion) into defense spending this year.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Five additional NATO members have joined a coalition of western countries aiming to help Ukraine bolster its electronic warfare capabilities.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Craig Caffrey
The new UK Strategic Defense Review is clear on threats and what is needed to deal with them, but opaque on how and when these measures will be funded.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Chen Chuanren
Australia has entered a cooperative program with the U.S. for the Lockheed Martin Precision Strike Missile, paving the way for domestic production capabilities.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
A Royal Netherlands Air Force report urges “targeted interventions” to keep Joint Strike Fighter pilots healthy.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Leidos and Frequency Electronics have teamed to develop a quantum sensor to help with aerial navigation in places where GPS signals are not available.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
A NATO ambition for member states to spend 5% of their GDP on defense will be on the agenda when the heads of member governments convene later this month.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne
Attacking enemy airfields is a decades-old military objective, but new drone technology and special warfare tactics amplify the threat.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The German parliament’s budget committee has given the green light for the country to acquire Kongsberg Joint Strike Missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The Royal Thai Air Force’s use of the Saab Gripen E/F in exercises involving foreign air forces—such as China’s—appears subject to certain limitations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK is mulling a nuclear sharing role in NATO amid a strategic defense overhaul.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Canadian politicians’ past promises to bolster defense spending underdelivered, but this time may be different.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
A Senate version of the $150 billion proposal to increase defense spending would add more money to select aircraft programs on top of a House-passed proposal.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Spain has canceled a €285 million ($325.8 million) purchase of anti-tank missiles from Israel.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Israel reports it has driven weapons sales abroad to new heights.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russian satellite startup Bureau 1440 is poised to be the first customer for the Russo-Kazakh Soyuz-5 rocket, planned to launch before year-end.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Royal Thai Air Force has officially selected the Saab Gripen E/F for its multi-role fighter requirement, as Bangkok and Stockholm wrap negotiations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
The Philippine National Defense Department and Korea Aerospace Industries signed a contract on June 3 for the acquisition of 12 more FA-50PH light fighters.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
The Senate on June 2 confirmed Michael Duffey to be the next head of weapons buying at the Pentagon.
Budget, Policy & Operations