Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis

Sep 02, 2021
Twenty years after 9/11, a look at the forces driving future strategic choices.
Aug 30, 2021
Carriers asked to mobilize for only the third time in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet’s history.
Aug 27, 2021
The Taliban’s seizure of Afghanistan on Aug. 15 triggered the largest military air evacuation in history, but it may still be not enough.
Aug 25, 2021
SpaceX seeks LOX; Missile warning force design; The start of Space Command; and A question of UAPs.
Aug 23, 2021
A new class of offensive hypersonic weapons and architectural refresh of defensive interceptors is on drawing boards for the U.S. Navy.

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Oct 18, 2022
As many as 30 former British military pilots are believed to be providing training to China’s People’s Liberation Army.
Oct 17, 2022
NATO’s Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Unit (MMU) has begun flight trials to enable Saab’s JAS-39 Gripen to be refueled by its Airbus A330 MRTT tankers. 
Oct 17, 2022
Austria is to acquire three more Eurofighter Typhoons, new helicopters, airlifters and a ground-based air defense system as part of a dramatic increase in national defense spending.
Oct 17, 2022
The runway at De Peel will be renovated so that it can be used for fast-jet operations with plans for around 3,600 movements a year.
Oct 14, 2022
Steadfast Noon usually passes with little public acknowledgement as it exercises NATO’s nuclear deterrent, but this year the drills appear to have grown.
Oct 13, 2022
The U.S. Navy’s new effort to link uncrewed assets across the Middle East for improved maritime surveillance will grow next month when the service includes uncrewed aircraft along with more vessels for an expansion in numbers and capability.
Oct 13, 2022
The competing teams led by Lockheed Martin/Boeing and Bell must self-fund the costs or disband the industry teams until the delayed contract award is finalized.
Oct 13, 2022
France, Spain and the UK have committed to supplying additional air defense equipment to Ukraine.