Budget, Policy & Operations

As European states have moved to bolster defense budgets in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, no country has done more than Poland.

The U.S. State Department has approved Seoul's request to purchase 36 Boeing AH-64E combat helicopters, which would double South Korea's Apache fleet.

New interceptors, radars, and command and control are on the near-term agenda.

The U.S. Marine Corps and Sikorsky made the announcement Aug. 19, noting the delivery took place at a ceremony in Owego, New York, earlier this month.

Aero Vodochody test pilots have completed the first site acceptance tests of the delivered, reassembled aircraft after they were shipped into Vietnam,

Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even contends that helicopters and uncrewed aircraft systems are natural battlefield teammates.

For the past two years, one of the U.S. Air Force’s top priorities has been “resilient basing."

The Royal Thai Air Force's decision on its next fighter aircraft could be forced into a holding pattern after lawmakers appointed a new prime minister.

Indonesia, Poland and Saudi Arabia are the F-15EX’s next targets for exports contracts.

The service is contemplating nonkinetic space fires and new roles for its soldiers in a changing era of space-based warfare.

The UK and Australia will no longer need to apply for licenses to obtain U.S. technology for about 80% of their defense trade with Washington.

As European nations grow increasingly worried about security in the Indo-Pacific region, their air forces explore scenarios for operating there.

The two fighters were returning from a refueling training mission in Germany when the accident occurred around 12:30 p.m. local time on Aug. 14.

France joins Croatia, Greece, Portugal and Spain in acquiring the firefighting aircraft, which the European Commission is partly funding through its RescEU program.

Bulgaria operates one of the smallest military aircraft fleets in Europe, but the modernization of key capabilities is underway to respond to the worsening security situation in Eastern Europe and in the Black Sea.

The U.S. and Sweden are dangling incentives to secure combat aircraft orders in Thailand and the Philippines.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Aug. 11 ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to accelerate its deployment to the region.

While Taiwan's defense spending has been rising in recent years, officials have acknowledged that next year will represent the peak of Taipei's defense spending—at least in the medium term.

Seoul is preparing its future fighter for near-term service and a long-term evolution.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The value of FMS export contracts signed this year already set a new annual record at more than $80 billion.

New fleets of AH-1Zs in Bahrain, Nigeria, and soon Slovakia need only endure for about 40 years to carry the program over the 100-year mark.

Analysis for the Royal United Services Institute ahead of the UK’s ongoing Strategic Defense Review suggests investment in Typhoon and F-35 combat power is the quickest way to enhance deterrence.

Iraq’s Army Aviation Command has received its first batch of Bell 505 JetRanger X single-engine helicopters to be used on training duties.

Australia and the U.S. have pledged to enhance cooperation on air and missile defense and gave details on initiatives around the Lockheed Martin GMLRS and PrSM.