Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The agency proposes a major revamp of the U.S. Army’s most advanced theater-level interceptor 16 years after the first battery was activated.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The new head of South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration is taking a tough line on Indonesia's wavering commitment to the KF-21 program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has unveiled concepts for an uncrewed wingman that could support German Air Force Eurofighters in the 2030s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The two companies are studying Pearl-family business jet engines as an option to power military uncrewed aerial systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The White House has outlined concerns about the House of Representatives’ version of the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill but stopped short of veto threats.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois
Ariane 6 will undergo a wet dress rehearsal at Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on June 18.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Amid a bleak month for Ukrainian air defenders, a video from a U.S. Army symposium reveals the truth behind one of Kyiv’s most important aerial victories.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Angus Batey
A.J. Gallagher, the U.S.-headquartered insurer, has begun developing specialist coverage for the emerging AAM and eVTOL sector.
Advanced Air Mobility Departments

By Robert Wall
The strike on Akhtubinsk AB, a Russian research and test facility, could mark the first combat loss of Russia’s most advanced low-observable combat aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brandon Patrick
The global in-service F-35 fleet is expected to climb from 996 today to as many as 2,643—an increase of 1,647 aircraft—by 2034.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Chen Chuanren
The appeal comes on the heels of Washington approving two foreign military sales to Taiwan for F-16 spares and support in a deal totaling $300 million.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
After being shut out of a patrol fleet acquisition, Ottawa’s aerospace industry is gearing up to compete for a new airborne early warning contract.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The bulletin names the Test Flying Academy of South Africa, Beijing China Aviation Technology Co. and Stratos.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
“What we really need to focus on right now with the [Space Development Agency] is that [missile]-tracking layer,” a senior Space Force official says.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Canada's procurement agency plans to fast-track its new fighter training program, awarding a contract within three years and introducing the jet by 2030.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
House appropriators want to cut the administration’s planned military procurement and operations spending, to allow for more R&D and personnel spending.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan’s new minister of defense says he plans to create a technology development division similar to the U.S, Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Finnish F/A-18 Hornets have deployed to Romania’s Mihail Kogălniceanu AB, where they will be on QRA duty alongside UK RAF Eurofighter Typhoons.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Stockholm is transferring its remaining Saab ASC 890 aircraft to bolster Kyiv’s air defense capacity.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The aid includes “a high number of” IRIS-T SLM surface-to-air interceptors, German defense minister Boris Pistorius says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands has declared its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet ready to take on the dual-capable aircraft (DCA) nuclear mission from the F-16.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne
Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss the GAO's latest report on the F-35 and explain what's hampering the now $2 trillion program.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Saab is planning technology demonstrations to prove to Sweden's government that it can develop the nation’s next combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Combined German 2023 defense industry sales have advanced 19% year-on-year to €10 billion ($11 billion), ahead of the 18% growth recorded by the civil sector.
Budget, Policy & Operations