Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis

Mar 28, 2023
A newly created Defense unit is projected to triple Bombardier’s revenue in the next decade.
Mar 27, 2023
U.S. Navy Adm. (ret.) William H. McRaven, now a senior advisor at Lazard, spoke with Aviation Week editors about budgets, China and the Russia-Ukraine War.
Mar 27, 2023
A behind-the-scenes look during initial testing at the development of Turkey’s TF-X indigenous combat aircraft.
Mar 23, 2023
Although the rollout event was canceled, Turkish Aerospace Industries released images of the TF-X on March 18.
Mar 23, 2023
In the past 18 months, three of the NH90’s 14 national customers have concluded that the efforts to keep it operational are not worth pursuing.

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Mar 18, 2024
The Pentagon appears to have reached peak spending and will have to determine how to meet its strategic objectives through redistribution and reprioritization
Mar 15, 2024
While the U.S. remains the world’s paramount military power, its defense industrial base has significant shortcomings compared to China’s.
Mar 15, 2024
France has become the world’s second-largest arms exporter after sales by Russia plummeted in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Mar 15, 2024
Japanese lawmakers will revise the country’s arms export restrictions, a key step to enable the export of the trilateral GCAP.
Mar 14, 2024
The venerable C-130’s cargo capacity, lower speed threshold and commonality across the region make it ideal for relief operations over the Gaza Strip.
Mar 14, 2024
Embraer and Singapore’s ST Engineering say they will expand their collaboration in defense beyond the service and engineering of the C-390 transport aircraft.
Mar 12, 2024
In response to the rapidly changing strategic environment in the region, the Royal Thai Air Force has released an updated White Paper outlining investment priorities through 2037.
Mar 12, 2024
USAF is upping procurement spending on the B-21 Raider, though not as much as originally expected because of a favorable negotiated price with Northrop Grumman.