Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The service’s broader commercial space strategy remains under consideration within the Pentagon.
Space

By Brian Everstine
A small number of Ukrainian pilots have begun a tailored training program to learn how to fly the F-16 at a U.S. Air Force base in Arizona.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon’s first-ever defense industrial base policy will outline Defense Department efforts to bolster a stretched workforce and supply chain.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble, Chen Chuanren
South Korea’s 4.5-generation fighter program is looking for external support after keeping the KF-21 flight test on track.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A transmission upgrade underway for the KUH-1 Surion may help pave the way to a high-speed helicopter in the 2030s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
RTX leaders sought to snuff out financial concerns over its ongoing GTF engine problems Oct. 23 as they unveiled relatively expected financial results.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Canadian aerospace and defense training leader CAE will use proceeds from the sale to pay off debt and invest in its core training and simulation markets.
Maintenance & Training

By Tony Osborne
Aging fleets and regional instability are making Gulf Cooperation Council member countries prime marketing opportunities for airlifter OEMs.
Dubai Airshow

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is surging additional advanced air defense systems to the Middle East amid an increase in attacks on its forces in the region.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Combat aircraft procurement among the Gulf Cooperation Council states is in constant flux, given the geopolitics and threats faced in the region.
Dubai Airshow

By Jen DiMascio
The UK has issued a new policy framework for its pursuit of a positioning, navigation and timing framework to guard against an outage during an emergency.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The Republic of Singapore Air Force is testing an upgrade to the Airbus MRTT boom flight control software on the F-15SG.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Lawmakers and analysts are interested in some of the possibilities under the Pentagon’s new uncrewed system acquisition initiative, despite persistent concerns.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Investments into Eurofighter’s long-term evolution could support European FCAS plans, industry says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The city-state’s air force and army participated in Exercise Forging Saber with novel artificial intelligence systems to maintain a strategic edge.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
Lockheed Martin reported revenue of $16.9 billion in the third quarter (Q3) of 2023, up 2% from $16.6 billion a year earlier.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics division took a sales hit in the third quarter of fiscal 2023 as continued F-35 delivery delays ate into the bottom line.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon has put 2,000 forces on prepare-to-deploy orders as it also has extended the deployment of a carrier strike group the Middle East.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Ukraine’s Operation Dragonfly—in the early morning of Oct. 17—used U.S.-supplied Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) to strike Russian airfields.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The Czech Republic has joined the growing number of European nations opting to purchase Embraer’s C-390 airlifter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Arms exports topped $17.3 billion for South Korea in 2022, smashing the previous yearly record of $7 billion, set in 2021.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Graham Corp., a longtime heat exchanger, vacuum technologies and valve provider to U.S. Navy ship programs, has secured a new credit line.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The Malaysian Air Force's CAP55 roadmap would suggest the force will return to Airbus for more H225Ms to unify its fleet.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Byron Callan
A look at several scenarios that could unfold in the Middle East.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
With Ukrainian and U.S. munitions stockpiles in urgent need of replenishment, a new conflict in Israel could further stretch global supply chains for weapons.
Budget, Policy & Operations