Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Dec 20, 2024
U.S. Foreign Military Sales have been booming, although the torrid pace may ease.
Dec 20, 2024
New orders are rolling in, buoyed by upticks in defense spending and increased demand from the public safety, air ambulance and energy sectors.
Dec 20, 2024
Modernization was in the forefront, with orders for advanced fighters, uncrewed combat aircraft development and a first appearance of China’s latest combat jet.
Dec 20, 2024
Concerns about China’s muscular foreign policy are driving its neighbors to strengthen their military arsenals.
Dec 20, 2024
The 23-year-old fighter program will be revamped again for combat requirements in the 2030s, if it can overcome skepticism from new quarters.
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Dec 23, 2024
Vietnam has developed the VCS-01 Truong Son coastal defense system, along with the VSM-01A Song Hong ("Red River") anti-ship missile.
Dec 23, 2024
The Philippines is looking at a short to medium-term plan to acquire the Lockheed Martin Typhon missile system, as one way to bolster its coastal defenses.
Dec 23, 2024
Trump is nominating Stephen Feinberg, CEO of Cerberus Capital Management, to serve as deputy defense secretary to the still-to-be-confirmed Pete Hegseth.
Dec 23, 2024
Sweden is buying extra coastal anti-ship missile systems from Saab as part of the country’s wide-reaching effort to enhance its military capability.
Dec 22, 2024
A U.S. Navy destroyer mistakenly downed one of the service's F/A-18Fs. Both flight crew survived, with one sustaining minor injuries.
Dec 20, 2024
Spain has provisionally selected Turkish Aerospace Industries' (TAI) Hurjet to replace its aging fleet of Northrop SF-5 lead-in fighter trainers.
Dec 20, 2024
The Pentagon will slowly return most of its V-22 fleet to flight and to operations with a better understanding of parts failures in the tiltrotor’s gearbox.
Dec 20, 2024
Spain is acquiring another 25 Eurofighters through Madrid’s Halcon II program, adding to 20 aircraft ordered in June 2022 through the original Halcon I buy.