Anna is a senior analyst with the Aviation Week Defense Data Team, where she covered the Asia-Pacific region before moving on to cover the United States. She brings in vast understanding of the business intelligence field with a background in international security and strategic affairs, as well as open-source intelligence analysis. She leverages these skills to produce military aircraft fleet assessments and forecast future developments to help marketing and business development executives with strategic planning and spotting new growth opportunities.
As the industry eagerly awaits the announcement of the winner of the competition for the F/A-XX 6th-generation naval fighter, there are many other lines of modernization efforts that the Navy is trying to address to increase its capabilities to better deal with current and future threats.
With the recent UK government decision to divert funding away from foreign aid programs, the Royal Air Force stands a better chance at augmenting its key capabilities.