Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Sep 13, 2016
Video footage from the HUD of a U.S. Air Force F-16 records the dramatic moment when its unconscious pilot is saved from certain death by the aircraft’s Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System.
Sep 09, 2016
This week’s Washington Outlook sizes up the impact of the Pentagon’s strategy to threaten a defense budget bill veto, ways around regulations slowing remote-sensing industry sales and a big deal for counter-drug mission aircraft.
Sep 02, 2016
Tests of the L1 adaptive control law will assess its ability to control the VISTA F-16 over a range of flight conditions and simulated failures.
Aug 25, 2016
Radars operating at lower frequencies is the most common approach to overcoming stealth technology. Why do they work and what are their limitations?
Aug 19, 2016
Auto ICAS is thought to be the world’s first fully automatic integrated combat flight safety system designed to prevent both air-to-air and air-to-ground collisions.
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Oct 19, 2021
Aerospace supplier Meggitt says it still expects its acquisition by Parker Hannifin to proceed, despite an intervention by the UK government over national security concerns.
Oct 19, 2021
The U.S. military’s logistics infrastructure is vulnerable to both physical and cyber attacks and Capitol Hill needs to help the Pentagon defend its weak points, the U.S. Air Force’s top civilian said.
Oct 18, 2021
The Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee has proposed adding about $10 billion to the Pentagon’s budget request, adding funding to accelerate missile tracking satellites, defense systems in the Pacific and 16 more C-130s.
Oct 18, 2021
The Turkish government is hoping it can use $1.6 billion that it paid for U.S. F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to pay for new-build F-16s and upgrades to its existing fleet.
Oct 15, 2021
Spirit AeroSystems plans to open a new National Defense Prototype Center to focus on the development and testing of high-temperature materials for the aviation, defense and space programs.
Oct 14, 2021
The top official overseeing U.S. international weapons sales will take over Boeing’s defense, space and government sales, starting two days after she leaves government service.
Oct 14, 2021
The incident comes days after the country requested a dozen more of the type under U.S. foreign military sales.
Oct 13, 2021
Heidi Grant, director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency who oversees U.S. military sales abroad, has announced she will step down after 15 months in the job.