Budget, Policy & Operations

Acquisitions of new helicopters and airborne early warning aircraft are funded, while other capabilities will be “explored.”

The UK Defense Ministry is to accelerate the development of the DragonFire laser weapon system for installation and operation on British warships.

Looming rotary-wing retirements across the Hellenic armed forces have attracted significant investment under the country’s defense recapitalization.

An economic impact study a base and growth scenario to study the benefits of the program on the economies of partner countries.

Rocket Lab and its partner, True Anomaly, will conduct rendezvous and proximity operations as part of the demonstration.

Switzerland’s Federal Council has given the green light for the country to join the European Sky Shield Initiative to strengthen ground-based air defenses.

New agreements between the U.S. and Japan are set to expand cooperation in the future human exploration of the Moon.

British lawmakers are challenging the government to increase defense spending, but the issue does not appear to be a public priority.

The document identifies the specific missions it wants to focus on for increasing commercial capabilities.

The initiative allows services to spend up to $100 million for early development activities up to the preliminary design review stage.

By moving to three shifts for nonstop operations, Israeli maintainers have allowed Israeli Air Force to continue flying F-35Is at a rate of 35-39 jets a day.

South Korea has pushed the timeline of its latest AEW competition to the right after only one bidder submitted documents that met DAPA's requirements.

U.S. Space Command has extended invitations to France, Germany and New Zealand to join a high-level collaborative group on military space operations.

The Chinese government has recently proactively shared space safety information twice with the U.S. within the past six months.

The purchase would allow Ukraine to import services including engineering and integration for communications and interoperable systems.

The Russian threat was first hinted at in an intelligence assessment revealed Feb. 14.

In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Romania has significantly increased its defense spending, allocating 2.5% of its GDP and placing it among the highest spenders within NATO. To maintain its role in enhancing alliance security, the Romanian Air Force has embarked on several fleet recapitalization initiatives.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has said a contract for a purchase of the French Dassault Rafale could be agreed by the summer.

Trudeau's comments emerge after the AUKUS nations revealed they are considering Japan’s accession as a “potential collaborator” in some elements of Pillar Two.

The Navy’s CCA target amounts to roughly half the Air Force’s target unit cost.

Greek lawmakers approved the purchase on April 3. Four of the 35 helicopters will serve with the country’s special operations forces.

Canada has been one of the NATO alliance members that has been lagging on reaching the alliance defense spending target of 2% of GDP.

The Osprey will take over fleet replenishment duties for Naval Air Force Atlantic beginning in 2025.

It will result in a cost-plus incentive fee and cost-plus award fee contracts after a full and open competition, the announcement states.

Choices by Air Force and Navy leaders highlight an age-old tension: preserve present-day capacity, or trade readiness today for capability tomorrow?