Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Apr 15, 2024
Acquisitions of new helicopters and airborne early warning aircraft are funded, while other capabilities will be “explored.”
Apr 11, 2024
Rocket Lab and its partner, True Anomaly, will conduct rendezvous and proximity operations as part of the demonstration.
Apr 11, 2024
British lawmakers are challenging the government to increase defense spending, but the issue does not appear to be a public priority.
Apr 05, 2024
A new Royal Air Force strategy lays out plans for the introduction of larger systems after having developed small, swarming platforms.
Apr 04, 2024
Sweden is beginning to ponder what follows the Gripen as it looks to preserve its national combat aircraft development capability.
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Sep 26, 2024
Variants of the 737 are active with 21 non-U.S. militaries and figure prominently into these nations’ transport and maritime capabilities.
Sep 25, 2024
The UK has launched an assessment of its military commitments as part of a wider strategic defense review.
Sep 24, 2024
The UK’s military space efforts are not matching the change in the threat and more may need to happen, a Royal Air Force official says.
Sep 24, 2024
The German Space Command is exploring the possibility of launching an active in-orbit space defense project not unlike what France is pursuing.
Sep 24, 2024
UK Defense Secretary John Healey has reiterated the new Labour government’s commitment to increasing defense spending to the equivalent of 2.5% of GDP.
Sep 24, 2024
The Japanese Defense Ministry (MOD) has released details of its fiscal 2025 budget request, which called for a further 9.4% increase to military spending—part of Tokyo’s wider Defense Build-Up Program (DBP).
Sep 20, 2024
Kelly Ortberg, Boeing’s new CEO, announced the move in a statement to employees just before the close of business on Sept. 20.
Sep 20, 2024
Iraq is purchasing South Korea's KM-SAM II medium-range, ground-based air defense system, becoming the third Middle Eastern nation to acquire it.