Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Sep 29, 2020
Is there an arms race in the Balkans or just much-needed modernization?
Sep 28, 2020
On Sept. 27, Switzerland went to to the polls for the second time in six years in a referendum to decide the future of the country’s fighter fleet. In 2014, the Swiss populace voted down plans for Saab’s JAS 39 Gripen to replace the Northrop Grumman F-5 Tiger.
Sep 25, 2020
After NASA’s DART collides with Didymos asteroid, Hera will precisely measure the impactor’s effect.
Sep 25, 2020
British and U.S. F-35s have embarked on HMS Queen Elizabeth, marking the start of deployments by the type on UK carriers.
Sep 24, 2020
The word “reduction” needs to be carefully parsed, no matter who is in the White House.
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Mar 31, 2022
The U.S. Air Force says its next-generation combat search-and-rescue helicopter has begun initial operational test and evaluation, just days after the service announced it intends to reduce the overall fleet of the aircraft.
Mar 31, 2022
British intelligence officials say they have seen evidence of low morale among Russian forces in Ukraine, with personnel sabotaging their own equipment and accidentally shooting down Russian aircraft.
Mar 30, 2022
The UK Royal Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) wants to acquire its own flying testbed for rapid development and demonstrations of equipment.
Mar 29, 2022
These aircraft programs were the big winners in the Biden administration's fiscal 2023 budget request, with the Lockheed Martin F-35 topping the list.
Mar 29, 2022
U.S. Transportation Command is again looking at the number of Lockheed Martin C-130s the military now needs and its intratheater airlift requirement in the future, as the U.S. Air Force in its latest budget request is again looking to trim its Hercules fleet.
Mar 28, 2022
Canada has selected Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to replace its fleet of McDonnell Douglas CF-188 Hornets, after the stealthy aircraft emerged as the top-ranked bidder in Ottawa’s multistep assessment process.
Mar 28, 2022
The U.S. Navy plans to ramp up spending for the classified Next Generation Air Dominance Family of Systems over the next six years, a U.S. Navy official said March 28.
Mar 28, 2022
Boeing announced late March 28 that Leanne Caret, head of the company’s defense and space division, is retiring after seven years leading the business and 35 ye