Defense

Military air power, procurement programmes and the industrial base behind them.

Procurement, capability and the industrial base. We follow the programmes through contract, delay and delivery rather than at announcement.

12 September 2026

Layered air defence is being rebuilt around cost per intercept

The threat is cheap and numerous. Defending against it with expensive interceptors is arithmetic that only works for a short time.

By Tom Okafor 2 min read

8 September 2026

How many flight hours a simulator can replace determines how many aircraft need buying. Nobody has agreed the number.

By Priya Raghunathan 2 min read

26 August 2026

The procurement authority has restructured the remaining buy after cost growth on the first eight aircraft, shifting risk to the manufacturer.

By Tom Okafor 2 min read