Budget, Policy & Operations

Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ new surface-to-surface missile (SSM) program has entered an advanced flight-test phase.

Italy is establishing a rotary-wing flying school to train pilots for all the country’s armed forces, parapublic agencies as well as from overseas militaries.

The SpaceRise consortium developing the EU's IRIS2 autonomous secure satellite broadband constellation says it has brought military Ka-band service into use.

The U.S. Army over the past two years has rolled out major changes to its aviation forces, largely in response to lessons learned in the Russia-Ukraine War.

Czech ministers have rejected proposals made by the country’s president to offer Aero Vodochody L-159 Advanced Light Combat aircraft to Ukraine.

Denmark has retired its F-16s, becoming the latest European nation to rely solely on Lockheed Martin’s F-35 as its frontline combat aircraft.

British defense engineering company QinetiQ has been awarded a five-year contract extension to support the Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon fleet.

Two Chinese rockets—CASC's Long March 3B and private launch provider Galactic Energy's Ceres 2—failed in launch attempts on Jan. 17.

The Philippines signed a contract for six anti-submarine-warfare helicopters, according to a report detailing the Defense Department's approved acquisitions.

Ukraine and Iceye have signed an agreement to expand the embattled country’s access to high-resolution SAR satellite imagery on an expedited basis.

Leonardo’s autonomous rotorcraft demonstrator Proteus has made its long-awaited first flight.

The U.S. Senate on Jan. 15 joined the House of Representatives in passing a fiscal 2026 budget for NASA that nearly matches its current spending levels.

A new executive order and presidential posts on social media target legacy defense industry spoils, but will they work?

After a dip, Asia-Pacific military spending as a percentage of GDP is back on an upward trend.

Aviation Week Network’s new 2026 Military Fleet & MRO Forecast predicts thata over the course of the next 10 years, 22,132 military aircraft worth $1.2 trillion will be delivered to operators around the world.

The Global Combat Air Program continues to make quiet progress despite appearing to be in contract limbo.

Planet Labs is trying to get a new satellite production facility in Germany operational before year-end, though timing is somewhat linked to securing approvals.

Following a banner year of satellite launches and two reusable launch attempts, China appears poised to demonstrate more cutting-edge tech on orbit in 2026.

The day that China will outspend the rest of Asia on defense has slipped into the 2030s. Here’s why.

The U.S. military is opening a second acquisition track for affordable and mass-producible missiles.

Denmark is increasing its military activity in Greenland and may send combat aircraft there amid the U.S. government’s interest in acquiring the island.

Divergent regional trends in global defense spending are a further reminder that this defense market boom is different from those seen in recent decades.

NH90 crews from France and Spain will be the first to benefit from an upgraded helmet-mounted sight that will also unlock planned upgrades for the rotorcraft.

Open Cosmos received Ka-band spectrum rights through Liechtenstein as the European space tech company prepares to deploy an LEO broadband satellite system.

Startup sees space-based radar as cheaper than aircraft-based AWACs.