Defense spending

Aviation Week Intelligence Network's latest coverage of defense budgets around the world.

By Craig Caffrey
Combined spending on procurement and RDT&E will reach 36.6% of overall U.S. defense spending in fiscal 2027, a level not seen since the end of the Cold War.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Craig Caffrey
The Pentagon appears to have reached peak spending and will have to determine how to meet its strategic objectives through redistribution and reprioritization
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Craig Caffrey
Chinese defense expenditure will remain at around 1.2% of GDP, although aspects of wider defense spending are understood to not be included in that official figure.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The plan also includes the creation of a European Defense Industry Program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Craig Caffrey
Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, European defense expenditure has increased by 26.7% in real terms, and its defense sector is still catching up.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Craig Caffrey
Despite the constraints on capital and R&D budgets, there are signs that the Indian Defense Ministry is trying to prioritize modernization spending.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
As the budget was announced, the head of the Republic of Singapore Air Force shared his priorities ahead of Singapore Airshow 2024.
Singapore Airshow

By Helen Chachaty
France’s defense materiel agency DGA placed orders totaling €20.3 billion ($22 billion) during 2023, the highest level of spending in 15 years.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Craig Caffrey
Riyadh announced a 3.9% rise for defense spending in fiscal 2024. Three factors likely dictate whether another sizable boost to spending materializes this year.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Helen Chachaty
France is to invest €6.41 billion ($6.75 billion) in the Dassault Rafale fighter program between 2023 and 2026 and has earmarked €5.36 billion after 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
German lawmakers have approved the final and largest tranche of spending for the country’s purchase of the Israeli Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The Malaysian Air Force's CAP55 roadmap would suggest the force will return to Airbus for more H225Ms to unify its fleet.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Sept. 11 used what is typically his largest stage.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The Australian Defense Department will spend more than $2 billion on Tomahawk, AARGM-ER, Spike, additional HIMARS and PrSM to boost its missile capabilities.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S.-Japan partnership is reportedly intended to counter growing threats of hypersonic missile technology from China, North Korea and Russia.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Australia, the UK and the U.S. in July signed a cooperation agreement to work together on future upgrades to the E-7A, with a focus on interoperability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Madrid has approved spending on a new fleet of Airbus-built UAS for the Spanish Army and Air Force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The defense ministry’s Command Paper Refresh was published July 18.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says the House's addition of $558 million for the force's Adaptive Engine Transition Program is akin to "throwing money away."
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
Concerns about China are driving a projected surge in U.S. defense spending over the next four years.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even speaks to Aerospace DAILY about France’s key helicopter defense acquisitions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Airbus to offer a modified A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport, called LMXT, to the U.S. Air Force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Bell CEO Lisa Atherton tells reporters at the Paris Air Show that the company has to "hit every single mark" on the Future Long-Range Attack Aircraft contract.
Paris Air Show

By Steve Trimble
Specter Aerospace, formerly known as FGC Plasma Solutions, says a hypersonic demonstrator vehicle powered with plasma-assisted combustion will fly in two years.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Denmark has joined the growing list of European nations expected to increase its defense spending in response to Russia’s invasion of parts of Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations