Budget, Policy & Operations

French flow control, JAXA’s reusable rocket, hypersonic tunnel returns and laser link from GEO.

Switzerland is walking away from adding funds to its F-35 budget to preserve the original plan of fielding 36 aircraft, while embarking on an effort to acquire another air defense system.

The UK is looking for weapons that can take out both drone boats and UAS in its latest push to rapidly add effectors to handle these growing threats.

The Israeli military said it would employ further ways to throw Iran off guard as its ops with the U.S. enter a new phase at the end of the first week of fighting.

Regime change has long been considered a boots-on-the-ground operation. Now the U.S. and Israel are trying to do it from the sky.

Stated opportunities for the supply of 162 medium-class helicopters worth more than $3.3 billion exits within the market over the next decade, and Aviation Week analysts have identified further requirements for 112 helicopters of this class worth an additional $3 billion over the same period.

Iran demonstrated that it retained the ability to threaten its neighboring countries as fighting with the U.S. and Israel stretched into a sixth day.

No one knows what will happen going forward with aerospace and defense trade.

The Pentagon under the Trump administration has pressed the defense industrial base to shift to a “wartime footing."

The Pentagon is looking to build on the momentum of recent deals to invest in key munitions, with a specific focus on Lockheed Martin F-35 spare parts.

Spanish launch startup PLD Space’s latest funding round underscored how countries are trying to ensure access to space.

Dassault Aviation CEO Éric Trappier has rejected a German idea for a two-fighter approach in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program.

The UK has kicked off the search for a counter-uncrewed air system (C-UAS) system for use on Royal Navy vessels.

The U.S. and Israel were hunting the vestiges of Iran’s ballistic missile and drone inventory as the fighting stretched into a fifth day.

The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman are investing in a B-21 capacity increase as the Sentinel program faces decision points.

The Pentagon in late January unveiled a new National Defense Strategy that marked a significant shift in priorities, and tone.

The Pentagon does not plan to conduct a formal Nuclear Posture Review.

AST SpaceMobile says it should see sales reach around $1 billion as it scales up its direct-to-device satellite communications constellation.

Romania wants to acquire 12 Airbus H225M multi-role utility helicopters using loans provided by the European Union.

Thales says the ability to quickly deliver the Eurosam SAMP/T NG could give the air and missile defense system an edge over the rival Raytheon Patriot system.

The Netherlands will send F-35s to Japan for exercises, marking the first time the country’s air force will have deployed combat aircraft there.

Listen in as editors reflect on program updates and other highlights from the AFA Warfare Symposium.

The U.S. and Israeli military operation against Iran was starting to show signs of supply strains as it stretched into a fourth day of fighting.

France will grow its nuclear weapons stockpile and open deterrence exercises to European neighbors, President Emmanuel Macron has said.

The U.S. Air Force will in the coming months finalize requirements for how it will take on the airborne nuclear command post mission.