Ukraine war

Starlink, OneWeb and Iridium are looking to help users preserve positioning, navigation and timing information to prevent combat jamming and spoofing.

The French government plans to buy additional SAMP/T air and missile defense systems.

The U.S.-led group of nations supporting Ukraine cannot train F-16 pilots fast enough to meet the nation’s needs, Europe's top USAF officer says.

Stockholm wants to raise the defense budget by 13 billion Swedish krona ($1.28 billion), ministers announced Sept. 17.

The Russia-Ukraine war and what comes next in Russia will remain major factors shaping defense markets in this decade and beyond.

The $14.4 million contract is for the first tranche of the Company-Level Small Uncrewed Aircraft System Directed Requirement.

With radio frequency interference now routine for commercial airlines, more is at stake than redundancy, a cornerstone of aviation safety built over decades.

No plans are yet in place for a handover of Gripen fighters to Kyiv.

Ukraine believes it can and should restart airline operations if airport repair funds can be found; others are skeptical.

The UK plans to send a further 650 Thales Lightweight Multirole Missiles to Ukraine to bolster the country’s ability to battle Russian forces.

Lloyd Austin, the U.S. Defense Secretary, spoke with reporters following the meeting.

Zelenskyy signed a decree that dismissed Lt. Gen. Mykola Oleshchuk, the Ukrainian air force commander since 2021.

Russia's United Engine Corporation (UEC) plans to launch production of smaller engines to address the country’s war-driven demand for more uncrewed aircraft.

A newly appointed special commission will investigate the cause of the crash, the air force said.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's announcement offers the first confirmation that a small batch of F-16s delivered to Ukraine in July are flying combat missions.

The new domestically developed weapon is called Palyanytsia, the name of a popular Ukrainian loaf of bread,.

The Netherlands has signed an order with Robin Radar Systems for sensors to detect small UAS and plans to donate them to Ukraine to bolster air defense.

As European states have moved to bolster defense budgets in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, no country has done more than Poland.

The service is contemplating nonkinetic space fires and new roles for its soldiers in a changing era of space-based warfare.

Sweden’s Defense Material Administration, known as FMV, could have personnel in Ukraine this fall.

For now, drone exports by Ukraine are not legal.

The Russian aircraft manufacturer is pursuing attack and logistics UAV concepts that have evolved because of the war in Ukraine.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Germany acquired the IRIS-T SLM last year as part of a wider push to bolster its air and missile defenses in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Bulgaria looks set to join the list of European countries investing in their ground-based air defense.