Budget, Policy & Operations

The European Investment Fund is putting $45 million into a fund run by Keen Venture Partners as part of Europe’s efforts to foster defense and space startups.

A May 20 announcement in the Oval Office marks the first step in moving the Golden Dome initiative for air and missile defense into reality at a record pace.

The Pentagon’s targeting of major Army Aviation priorities came as a surprise to many, and officials question the ramifications.

From helicopters to space, Europe is investing to advance next-generation systems.

Japanese technology conglomerate Rakuten has entered into cooperation with a Ukrainian effort to develop a defense technology ecosystem.

The UK will publish its Strategic Defense Review within two weeks, says former NATO Secretary Gen. George Robertson, who has helped lead the effort.

A top U.S. military official confirmed that satellites are demonstrating aircraft tracking as the E-7A program faces a cancellation threat from the Pentagon.

A team of Pentagon acquisition leaders and company officials met regularly to find ways to fix the slow progress of a new Air Force One.

The Ascent joint venture of Babcock and Lockheed Martin secured a £300 million contract to train rear crew personnel for the UK Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.

ESA and the European Commission want to come to an agreement around what a future Earth-observation system should look like in advance of funding decisions.

Lockheed Martin says it has proposed to establish several in-country MRO capabilities in the Philippines to support the F-16 and C-130 fleets.

The complexity of the security situation in the South China Sea and the de facto limited budget means that the Philippine Air Force's (PAF) modernization objectives face tough competition with other services.

Australia has launched Mission Talon Strike, an Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator initiative aimed at domestically developing loitering munitions.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is honing in on collecting information related to foreign cartel organizations.

A U.S. agency finished building the first B61-13 nuclear gravity bomb nearly a year early.

Europe is becoming a staging ground for dealmaking, driven by an anticipated wave of military spending.

The European Union and the UK have agreed on a new security and defense partnership.

A U.S. Army plan to cut its AH-64D Apaches could open those airframes up for foreign military sales

A new U.S. Army plan to cut its MQ-1C Gray Eagle will leave a gap in surveillance and strike missions that the service isn’t yet sure how to fill.

LONDON–Germany and the UK will work together on the development of a land-based missile capable of striking targets beyond 2,000 km (1,243 mi.).

Tekever plans to grow UAS ecosystem and test sites through £400 million Overmatch investment plan in the UK.

The U.S. Army’s broad restructuring of its aviation component will be painful as many units will be inactivated, but that pain is needed, a top officer argues.

The U.S. Army’s plan to end the Improved Turbine Engine Program may not be final, as budget deliberations may extend development of the GE Aerospace T901.

Poland is expanding plans for satellite-based Earth observation, signing an agreement with synthetic aperture radar spacecraft maker-Iceye for three systems.

The U.S. military is currently testing sensors that can be used to track moving aerial targets from space, says Gen. Gregory Guillot.