Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
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.
Mar 22, 2023
The service is ending the Adaptive Engine Transition Program for its fleet, opting instead for Pratt’s cheaper Engine Core Upgrade proposal.
Mar 22, 2023
The Biden administration’s fiscal 2024 request includes an increase in procurement and research and looks to cut the current fleet to pay for it.
Mar 20, 2023
Leonardo Helicopters Managing Director Gian Piero Cutillo talks digitalization, supply chains and his vision for the company’s UK operation.
Mar 20, 2023
The agency's budget request would provide funding to land humans on the lunar surface by the end of 2025.
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Jul 25, 2023
Russia’s harassment of U.S. aircraft continues over Syria, this time with an Su-35 fighter damaging an MQ-9 Reaper UAV, forcing it to land.
Jul 25, 2023
Italy will send four F-35s to Komatsu air base on the northern coast of Honshu, the Japanese mainland—the first Italian deployment to Japan since the 1920s.
Jul 25, 2023
The SkyAlyne partnership between CAE and KF Aerospace was selected over a rival proposal from the Babcock Leonardo Canada Aircrew Training team.
Jul 24, 2023
Major UK defense programs are struggling with a lack of key skills and experience to bring them into service on cost and schedule.
Jul 24, 2023
Slovenia's modernization plans call for Ljubljana to purchase a second Leonardo C-27J twin-turboprop airlifter, among other platforms.
Jul 24, 2023
The Australian Defense Department has confirmed that it will be refreshing its Hercules fleet.
Jul 21, 2023
President Joe Biden has picked U.S. Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the service, becoming the first woman to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Jul 21, 2023
Germany's refusal to deliver Eurofighters to Saudi Arabia is a worry for Dassault chief Eric Trappier with France eying future FCAS exports.