President Donald Trump

By Brian Everstine
President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” barely passed the Senate on July 1.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
About $14 million of the overall funding from the U.S. Air Force for JetZero’s Z4 blended wing body demo is at risk of being cut in the fiscal 2026 budget request.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Questions still hang over the implementation of NATO members' increased defense spending goal.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Trump's executive orders mark a key opportunity to establish U.S. leadership in a critical technology with important economic and national security implications.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Proposed cuts to stealth fighters and attack helicopters could drop U.S. Defense Department aircraft procurement to modern lows in fiscal 2026.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. strikes on Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Enrichment facility were 15 years in the making.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
Lawmakers want to give the U.S. Space Force $1 billion to support the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle program under the proposed budget reconciliation bill.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
Three GOP lawmakers introduced a new measure to authorize a series of new procurement and development efforts for the Golden Dome missile defense shield.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
An accurate assessment of the performance of the Boeing GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator in its combat debut in Iran could take several days to complete.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Zaynab Zlitni
The White House issued an executive order on June 6 directing the FAA to establish an eVTOL integration pilot program.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
The second Trump administration’s executive order signals a new, more aggressive phase in the U.S. effort to overcome dependency on Chinese drone supply chains.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
Israeli air strikes have taken out about one-third of Iran’s ballistic missile launcher capacity.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
BlackSky Technology plans to expand its Gen-3 high-frequency monitoring constellation with new satellites designated AROS.
Satellites

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
Boeing’s win of the U.S. Air Force F-47 fighter program may have answered one of the longest-running questions hanging over the aerospace giant.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Archer has announced plans to raise $850 million from a direct equity offering, lifting its cash position to approximately $2 billion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
An integration pilot program to be set up by the FAA under the direction of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump is expected to begin in 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The DOD will not disclose the funding amount or timelines related to turning a gifted Boeing 747-8 from the government of Qatar into an interim Air Force One.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
It didn’t take long for Elon Musk to back off threats to decommission SpaceX’s Dragon spaceship.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. government is highly reliant on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 medium and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles and Dragon crew capsule.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on June 10 offered a few more details on the proposed Golden Dome for America missile defense architecture, as Congress is debating how to kick-start funding for the proposal.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Denmark is urgently acquiring a trio of ground-based air defense systems worth nearly $1 billion to defend its cities and critical infrastructure.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
An integration pilot program to be set up by the FAA under the direction of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump is expected to begin in 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The F-35 Joint Program Office is still months away from finalizing details of the aircraft's new upgrade road map.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Canadian government on June 9 committed to pouring another C$9.3 billion ($6.8 billion) into defense spending this year.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
In the U.S., politically there’s never been a better time since the 1960s to develop a civil supersonic aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion