Defense Budget, Policy & Operations Analysis

Mar 29, 2024
The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act directed the secretary of defense to secure critical minerals from “reliable sources.”
Mar 28, 2024
Now in its fourth year, the European Commission-led EDF aims to support defense research, development and cooperation among member states.
Mar 25, 2024
The agency’s disruptive approach to space acquisition has produced many contracts in a tight timeline, though its biggest tests are yet to come.
Mar 19, 2024
Rising demand for weapons stocks is driving a review of European missile manufacturing.
Mar 19, 2024
The agency is asking for the same amount of money it received in 2023.

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Mar 28, 2024
Of the 215 used fighters expected to transfer ownership in the coming decade, 132 of them (about 61%) will be F-16s, according to Aviation Week’s Fleet Discovery Military database.
Mar 28, 2024
Poland has submitted a letter of request to Washington for a midlife upgrade for the country’s Lockheed Martin F-16s.
Mar 28, 2024
The Space Force is starting market R&D of an acquisition strategy for a new constellation of protected communication satellites.
Mar 27, 2024
Combined spending on procurement and RDT&E will reach 36.6% of overall U.S. defense spending in fiscal 2027, a level not seen since the end of the Cold War.
Mar 27, 2024
After observing the battlefield effectiveness of UAS in Ukraine and Gaza, the Taiwanese Defense Ministry has shared plans to improve its uncrewed capabilities.
Mar 26, 2024
The Japanese cabinet has relaxed the country’s arms export restrictions.
Mar 25, 2024
South Korea will spend close to $6 billion on 40 KF-21s and related infrastructure and armaments through 2028.
Mar 22, 2024
The U.S. government says it welcomes a decision this week by a new Argentinian government to acquire an undisclosed number of used F-16s from Denmark.