Budget, Policy & Operations

ESA and French space agency CNES have not paused any activities potentially affected by proposed U.S. cuts to NASA’s budget, but are developing backup plans.

Boeing's Steve Parker defended U.S. industry’s ability to launch development of a second sixth-generation fighter at Paris Air Show, contradicting concerns by the Navy’s leader.

Lockheed Martin’s efforts to expand munitions production into Europe benefitting from a “sense of urgency” among governments, a company executive says.

Israeli companies IAI and Rafael are up in arms at the Paris Air Show after French limits were placed on what they could exhibit.

Israel says it used the naval Barak Magen and the long-range air defense interceptor during its conflict with Iran, the IDF said in a statement.

Portugal has exercised an option for a sixth Embraer KC-390 and taken options for 10 more.

Joint efforts between four Nordic air forces to be able to seamlessly fight as one are making steady progress, says Sweden’s air chief, Maj. Gen. Jonas Wikman.

The Swedish Air Force has embarked on exploring how to evolve the Saab Gripen E fighter to deal with the increased need for electronic warfare capabilities.

Israel has given the green light for the country’s defense industry to participate in the Paris Air Show despite the ongoing military campaign against Iran.

Israel’s operation against Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure entered a second day with the Israeli Air Force widening its strike to hit targets in the vicinity of Tehran.

Europe is a market transformed in terms of demand, but the task remains of beefing up the local defense industrial base, long accustomed to anaemic orders.

While Trump rattles alliances, Europe is betting big on U.S. jets while keeping its own in play.

The trinational engine effort aims to bring adaptive-cycle power and propulsion to the Future Combat Air System fighter.

The June 24-25 NATO summit and Trump’s threatened imposition of 50% tariffs on EU imports on July 9 are casting dark foreshadowings over this year’s air show.

In addition to learning lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War, the French Air and Space Force is working on defense in space.

The Israel Defense Forces have targeted Iranian nuclear sites with mass air strikes for the first time.

The U.S. Air Force has issued a “Notice of Intent to Award” a contract to fission power startup Oklo.

The Bell MV-75 is significantly too heavy, putting some of its planned mission capabilities at moderate risk, a new report says.

The Pentagon’s expected low funding request for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX will bankroll designs of the fighter aircraft to completion.

UK defense spending is on a “clear path” to rise to 2.6% of GDP by 2027.

Recent weeks have seen British media outlets infatuated not by warfighting capability, but by the future of the UK’s fleet of jet trainers.

Russia’s war with Ukraine and the Trump administration’s vacillations are pushing up defense budgets and military industry hopes in Europe.

A sixth-generation fighter is on hold because the U.S. Navy’s top civilian official lost confidence in the defense industry’s ability to take on a new program.

The DOD will not disclose the funding amount or timelines related to turning a gifted Boeing 747-8 from the government of Qatar into an interim Air Force One.

Turkey has secured its first export order for its indigenous Kaan combat aircraft after Indonesia signed a deal to acquire 48 examples of the fighter.