Airforce Technology

Airforce Technology (airforce-technology.com) is a London-based defence news title covering air forces, military aircraft and aerospace programmes. Part of the Verdict network of B2B media websites owned by business intelligence company GlobalData plc, it publishes daily defence news, in-depth features, analysis and comment, underpinned by GlobalData's proprietary market data. Its coverage spans fighter programmes, transport and tanker fleets, helicopters, uncrewed aerial systems, airbase infrastructure and the defence budgets that fund them.

Ownership and the Verdict network

Airforce Technology is headquartered in London and is part of business intelligence company GlobalData plc. It sits within the Verdict network of sector-focused B2B websites, a portfolio of 36 leading media platforms spanning defence, energy, technology, healthcare and other industries. The network model combines business intelligence with editorial excellence: much of the analysis and comment published on the site is provided by industry experts working for GlobalData, clearly labelled as such, while the newsroom covers breaking developments across the global military aviation industry. GlobalData also operates sister defence titles including Army Technology and Naval Technology.

Editorial standards

The Verdict network's published editorial standards commit its journalists to independent, fair and accurate news coverage. Journalists are required to follow the standards of the UK Editors' Code, with particular attention to the clauses on financial journalism; plagiarism is forbidden, unverified information must be attributed, paid-for content is clearly labelled as sponsored or advertorial, and corrections are made as soon as possible. The network's editorial focus is global, though as a London-headquartered operation it uses UK English house style. Readers can contact the editorial team at editorialenquiries@globaldata.com.

News coverage

The site's daily news output tracks the military aviation world in granular detail. Recent coverage has included South Korea's KF-21 Boramae programme and the four domestic technologies — AESA radar, infrared search-and-track, electro-optical targeting pod and radio-frequency jammer — that give Seoul greater control over the fighter's exports after the United States declined to transfer them in 2015; Australia's air surveillance fleet milestones, including upgraded Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft delivered for work at the A$200 million Deep Maintenance and Modification Facility at RAAF Base Edinburgh, and GlobalData's projection that Australian defence spending will rise from $37.5 billion in 2026 to more than $65.6 billion by 2031; Thailand's procurement of Indra Lanza 3D radars against a forecast of 8% compound annual defence spending growth; the maiden flight of the first Brazilian-built Saab Gripen E fighter at Embraer's Gavião Peixoto site; Lockheed Martin's plans to expand C-130J production in India under a $10.5 billion medium transport aircraft contest; and Taiwan's receipt of its first F-16V Block 70 fighters from a delayed 66-aircraft US order. Procurement decisions, contract awards, programme milestones and budget announcements form the backbone of the news file.

Analysis and GlobalData intelligence

What distinguishes Airforce Technology from general defence blogs is its integration with GlobalData's data and analytics platform. News stories are routinely enriched with GlobalData forecasts — for example, that South Korea will spend approximately $12 billion on combat-aircraft procurement over the next decade, accounting for nearly 5% of the $247.4 billion forecast across Asia-Pacific, or that the global uncrewed aircraft systems market will grow at a compound annual rate of 6.4% to reach $29.4 billion by 2036. Longer features draw on reports such as GlobalData's The Global Military Fixed Wing Aircraft Market 2026–2036, and the site promotes GlobalData's defence reports covering country defence markets, artillery systems, body armour and other segments. Analyst commentary is clearly labelled as such, in line with the network's editorial standards, so readers can distinguish between reported news and house analysis. Procurement reporting is a particular strength: the site tracks competitive tenders and down-selections, from Bulgaria's multi-billion-dollar defence spending plans to Lockheed Martin's framework agreement to boost AIM-260 JATM production, alongside the budget forecasts that shape programme outcomes.

Projects and supplier directory

Alongside news, the site maintains a projects directory profiling major military aircraft and aerospace programmes, and a contractors and suppliers directory where defence companies present their capabilities — including, notably, GlobalData's own aerospace, defence and security practice, which uses the directory to present its data and report products to the industry. These directories make the title a reference resource for procurement professionals researching platforms and suppliers, and they underpin the network's B2B marketing proposition of reaching engaged defence industry professionals.

Features and comment

The title publishes longer-form features exploring the strategic questions facing air forces: the rise of uncrewed systems and loyal-wingman concepts, the industrial politics of fighter development, the future of air-to-air refuelling, space as a warfighting domain, and the race to field affordable mass through small, low-cost propulsion. Its analysts also weigh in on issues such as the UK's sovereign engine ambitions — where a local metals start-up is developing a family of turbojet engines in the 30 to 2,000N thrust range to reduce reliance on overseas supply chains — and the supply-chain vulnerabilities exposed by great-power competition, often drawing on GlobalData's jobs, deals and social-media analytics dashboards. Features have questioned, for instance, whether Russia's Checkmate fighter can make the grade amid hype around high-grade Russian equipment, and explored the strategic metals behind modern military technology.

Newsletters and audience

Airforce Technology's readership is a professional defence audience: air force officers and procurement officials, aerospace and defence contractors, investors, analysts and policymakers. The site offers email newsletters keeping subscribers current with the day's defence aviation news, and its content is distributed across the Verdict network's wider defence readership. Its B2B proposition — combining business intelligence with editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms — positions the title as a marketing channel for suppliers as well as a news source for buyers, with sponsored content and advertorials clearly labelled under the network's editorial standards.

Sister titles and the wider portfolio

Within GlobalData's defence media portfolio, Airforce Technology sits alongside Army Technology, Naval Technology and Global Defence Technology, the network's digital magazine. Stories frequently cross over between the titles — a piece on small-engine development for uncrewed systems, for instance, is relevant to both air and land audiences — and the shared GlobalData analyst bench gives the network a consistent analytical voice across domains. The GlobalData tag pages on each site aggregate the analysts' cross-title output, so a reader following the KF-21 programme on Airforce Technology can find the same analytical perspective applied to land and naval programmes elsewhere in the portfolio.

How to read Airforce Technology

Airforce Technology is freely available at airforce-technology.com, with news, features, project profiles, supplier listings and reports sections. Readers can subscribe to its newsletters for daily updates, and industry suppliers can enquire about advertising and sponsored content opportunities through the Verdict network's B2B marketing channels.

Defence reports and data products

The site's reports section showcases GlobalData's defence intelligence products, including country-level defence market studies covering budget allocation, fleet size, regulations, acquisitions and competitive landscapes — recent titles have profiled markets from Taiwan and Egypt to Lithuania, Denmark, Belgium and Latvia — as well as segment reports on areas such as artillery systems and body armour and personal protection. These reports sit alongside GlobalData's broader analytics dashboards, including social media analytics tracking influencer and forum conversation across the aerospace, defence and security sector, and jobs analytics tracking hiring patterns at the industry's major players. For readers, the reports provide the quantitative scaffolding behind the news; for the business, they are the commercial engine that funds free-to-read journalism across the Verdict network's defence portfolio.