Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Apr 23, 2021
“This is the first powered flight on another planet. Let that blow your mind for a minute.”
Apr 23, 2021
The short flight-test effort aims to prove rotorcraft and other aircraft types could play a key role in future planetary exploration.
Apr 22, 2021
European industry is finally within reach of beginning development on a MALE UAS to compete with offerings from U.S. and Israel.
Apr 22, 2021
General warns of Chinese space prototype; U.S. Army wants FVL upgrades; Singapore’s new operational tanker; and T-7 aft fuselage arrives.
Apr 21, 2021
As the U.S. Space Force plans to establish a Space Systems Command this summer, service leadership is already rallying Congress to alter the new command’s reporting structure for two important offices—the Space Development Agency and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office.
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Aug 02, 2022
The MQ-9 strike in the heart of Kabul that took out al-Qaida’s senior leader was the culmination of almost a year of “over-the-horizon” U.S. counterterror operations, and a sign of how the U.S. wants to operate its Reaper fleet in the future.
Jul 28, 2022
The U.S. government has approved an export package for a pending German order for 35 Lockheed Martin F-35s that includes U.S.-made stealthy cruise…
Jul 28, 2022
The $850 billion defense spending bill for fiscal 2023 calls for buying 375 aircraft of all types and throws lifelines to several programs.
Jul 28, 2022
Russia is increasing its influence in Western Africa, with more than 1,000 mercenaries bolstered by new air-surveillance radars and air-defense systems in Mali deployed to keep the West from watching, the head of U.S. forces on the continent says.
Jul 28, 2022
U.S. forces in Africa as well as partner militaries across the continent need new, long-loitering surveillance systems and new counter-drone protections, according to the outgoing commander, who wants pilot programs for his command.
Jul 27, 2022
A key component must be replaced on several types of Martin-Baker ejection seats that affect a sub-set of domestic and foreign fleets of Boeing F-18…
Jul 26, 2022
The EU is to plough more than €300 million into defense aerospace projects.
Jul 25, 2022
Since all 12 KAI FA-50PH were delivered in 2017, the S.211 has primarily been used for pilot training.