Budget, Policy & Operations

By Anna Sliwon-Stewart
After years of underinvestment, the tide is finally turning for the Hellenic Armed Forces, with the government pledging last year to inject €25 billion ($29 billion) into defense.
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William Tuccio
The resolution advisories (RA) dataset maintained by the NTSB has more missing data than actual reports, former NTSB recorders investigator Bill Tuccio reports.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
U.S. military space leaders spent the better part of last year debating whether the time was ripe to invest further in in-space servicing and refueling. But going into 2026, the messaging has begun to coalesce around a more positive note.
Satellites

By Guy Norris
Hypersonic test company Stratolaunch has completed back-to-back launches of two Mach 5-plus, rocket-powered Talon-A vehicles from two different carrier aircraft in the space of just fourteen days.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
A proposal to increase the size of the B-21 Raider program of record depends on getting U.S. Air Force approval to accelerate deliveries.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
BAE Systems' sales growth generated in Europe is poised to accelerate after with the business there now surpassing the British defense company’s sizable Saudi Arabian activities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Canada will prioritize domestic businesses for the award of an estimated C$180 billion in military procurement contracts over the next 10 years.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
An air-launched missile-carrying UAS developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for DARPA’s LongShot project has been designed the X-68A.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The EU plans to establish what it calls a Military Mobility Transport Group in a move that could be a boon to Airbus by paving the way for more A400M orders.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
Slovakia is considering the purchase four more Block 70-model Lockheed Martin F-16s to add to the 14 it has already acquired.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne, Sash Tusa
Editors are joined by analyst Sash Tusa to discuss the fallout of the Munich Security Conference and Saudi Arabia's World Defense Show.
Check 6

By Brian Everstine
The service’s special operations forces are arguing for their relevance as upgrade plans evolve.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Saudi Arabia will acquire four Leonardo C-27J airlifters for maritime patrol, giving the kingdom a fixed-wing maritime patrol capability for the first time.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Space Systems Command is looking for companies that could provide refueling services in geostationary orbit to spacecraft configured for such operations.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
The head of the European Space Agency has framed Europe’s need to pursue lunar missions in unusually security-focused terms for the civilian organization.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
The procurement of Safran Hammer bomb kits for Ukraine follows on from a broader strategic partnership between Norway and France that was agreed to last summer.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Safran says it has acquired French resilient PNT specialist Syntony as part of a broader move among to deal with the scourge of GPS jamming and spoofing.
Satellites

By Craig Caffrey
Against the backdrop of rapidly rising global defense expenditure, one trend has gone largely unnoticed: In 2025, the U.S. share of global spending fell to its lowest level for decades.
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By Tony Osborne
European efforts to develop a future medium airlifter are steadily moving toward a concept, an Airbus official says, but he warns that if the program is to move into development, the number of nations and partner industries will need to be narrowed down.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Denmark will provide its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to support Arctic Sentry, a new NATO mission in the region.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Eutelsat has cancelled the order for the Thales Alenia Space-made Flexsat Americas satellite due to concerns about competition for LEO systems.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
“We would be foolish if we didn’t take advantage of commercial space capabilities,” a Space Force official says.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Matthew Fulco
Private capital is flowing into a wide variety of U.S. government-backed mineral projects.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
Anduril plans to soon begin flying YFQ-44A prototypes controlled by Shield AI mission autonomy software in the U.S. Air Force’s CCA program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Craig Caffrey
Aviation Week’s recently released 2026 Military Fleet & MRO Forecast identifies open requirements for the delivery of 6,513 new-build military aircraft worth $250 billion over the next decade.
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