Budget, Policy & Operations

The SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, has been awarded the first-ever UK Civil Aviation Authority license for a vertical-launch site.

The service is adding a new approach to launch contracting, as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture takes shape.

China’s own upgrades are driving other nations in the region toward change.

The U.S. military sees orbital transfer vehicles keeping adversaries guessing.

Rearmament in Europe is focused on strengthening combat and support aircraft capacity and ground-based air defenses.

Three sources of U.S. budget indeterminacy will spawn other uncertainties that defense contractors will have to assess.

The fiscal 2024 defense policy bill is now headed to President Biden’s desk for his approval after the House OK’d the National Defense Authorization Act.

The service is looking at 15% budget increases per year. But if Congress does not pass an appropriations bill, that expected growth will be on hold.

Italy, Japan and the UK's Global Combat Air Program developing a sixth-generation crewed combat aircraft will be headquartered in London, the nations say.

A potential mandatory cut in addition to ongoing continuing resolutions have military officials blasting congressional inaction on Pentagon plans.

The potential overhaul springs from a review led by service secretary Frank Kendall.

Aviation Week has assembled this guide to some of the most important contests that are unfolding between 2024 and 2033.

Kosiniak-Kamysz will replace Mariusz Błaszczak, who led Poland through a radical equipment modernization program prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

An ongoing software problem haunts Lockheed Martin’s production and modernization agenda for the F-35 as a raft of new competitors hit key milestones in 2024.

Military aircraft opportunities are expected to peak in 2032, according to the newest Aviation Week Intelligence Network outlook.

L3Harris Technologies is adding two members to its board of directors, including a former CEO of erstwhile Raytheon, a deal with activist investor D.E. Shaw.

Destabilizing shocks, such as Hamas' bloody Oct. 7 attack on Israel, highlight a dangerous new security environment.

Swedish student pilots will train with the Italian Air Force in Lecce, then transition to advanced jet training, flying in the IFTS’ fleet of Leonardo T-346s.

A new book takes the wraps off the secret flight-test history of the facility in the Nevada Test and Training Range like no one ever has before. Listen in to hear from author Peter Merlin.

Air Space Intelligence has closed a $34 million Series B funding round.

Congress appears ready to give the military services limited authority to start new programs ahead of direct authorization and appropriation.

Congressional authorizers want a broad relook at U.S. Air Force and Navy tactical aircraft force structure.

Signing of the DCA comes ahead of Sweden’s entry into NATO, which continues to be delayed as both Hungary and Turkey have yet to ratify its membership.

Safran may take the Italian government to court after Rome blocked its purchase of Collins Aerospace's actuation and flight control systems business from RTX.

The entire Bell Boeing V-22 fleet has been grounded.