Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis
Dec 19, 2019
Air-launched, anti-missile interceptors and defensive lasers are set to take the next step in development.
Dec 18, 2019
Rocket Lab looks for up to a dozen payload launches a year, while the spaceport is in talks to bring in more launch providers.
Dec 18, 2019
Turkey’s defense ties with Russia are causing problems with NATO and the U.S., while local weapons development continues.
Dec 18, 2019
Continuing Middle East instability prompts capability-strengthening and local defense industry growth, especially in the Gulf states.
Dec 17, 2019
Lockheed Martin has extended its long-running hypersonic links with Aerojet Rocketdyne.
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Nov 29, 2021
Nearly five years after a Canadian government vs. Boeing meltdown, the company’s defense business still faces extra scrutiny in Ottawa..
Nov 29, 2021
Germany’s new coalition government will proceed with plans to replace Panavia Tornados and to arm unmanned aircraft systems.
Nov 29, 2021
The UK Royal Air Force and the Qatar Emiri Air Force have established a new training unit in the UK, flying the BAE Systems Hawk.
Nov 29, 2021
Switzerland has put contracts in place in place for its Lockheed Martin F-35 procurement, but the price tag is almost 1 billion Swiss francs ($1.1 billion) higher than when the type was selected.
Nov 29, 2021
Japan is bolstering its already record-high defense budget, primarily to accelerate and bolster its air-defense systems and maritime patrol and transport fleets.
Nov 19, 2021
The Pentagon on Nov. 19 selected Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft and Oracle to compete for a multibillion cloud services contract, the next attempt to field the capability after the failed Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud contract was canceled.
Nov 18, 2021
The U.S. Air Force should rethink plans to retire the MQ-9 Reaper in 2030-35 and consider a plethora of new missions for the unmanned aerial system, an Air Force Association think tank contends.
Nov 18, 2021
NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance Force has completed its first 24-hr.-long mission using an RQ-4D Phoenix derivative of the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk.