Ukraine war

War in Ukraine

By Steve Trimble
The Pentagon’s strategy to acquire 340,000 drones by the end of next year requires industry to scale production up while driving prices down.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army’s new Amazon.com-like website for drone acquisition is challenging industry business models and supply chains.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Sweden is exploring the potential acquisition of two-seat Gripen Fs the country’s defense minister has suggested.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A Russian one-way attack drone hit a residential building in Romania, injuring two people.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Ukraine will receive 16 donated Saab Gripen fighters from Sweden once it finalizes the first stage of a deal to acquire new-build Gripen Es.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
For Russia and Ukraine, the battle of electronic warfare tools versus drones is a seemingly neverending cycle of evolution.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Ukraine has been able to use electronic attack techniques to seriously degrade the effectiveness of Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missile and other systems.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
Ukraine requires $4.4 billion in electronic warfare systems for 2026 as international coalition works to meet urgent defense needs against Russia.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
Newcomers enter the German defense industrial landscape as established players pivot to address the country’s surging appetite for weapons.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Ukraine’s multidomain trench warfare stalemate demands new tech breakthroughs to regain maneuverability.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Ukraine converts Soviet-era bombs into precision glide weapons to counter Russian stand-off attacks.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Rafael is proposing to equip UAVs with some of the self-protection equipment more typically associated with combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Multiple modifications made by Russia to improve the lethality and survivability of the Kh-101cruise missile against air defenses have achieved only limited success.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Latvia’s defense minister resigns after drone incursions expose airspace vulnerabilities, prompting leadership changes and calls for stronger defense.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
AIRO Group revealed plans on May 11 to produce the RQ-70 Dainn uncrewed aircraft system as a follow-on to the company’s smaller, hand-launched RQ-35.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Government intel agencies must move faster than ever to satisfy operators’ growing appetite for remote-sensing data.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

Aviation Week Staff
New Zealand’s Syos Aerospace Prepares Wider Drones Tests In Ukraine
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Aviation Week Staff
U.S. Approves JDAM Sale To Ukraine.
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By Steve Trimble
Ukraine can buy 1,532 precision, extended-range glide bombs from Boeing, the U.S. government said on May 5.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. military is bolstering its investments in autonomous systems and needs to test those platforms before they are used on signal-cluttered battlefields.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
The EU launched a call for participation in the EU-Ukraine Drone Alliance aimed at fostering development of UAS and ways to defend against them.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
New Zealand’s Syos Aerospace is preparing to field a wider range of drones for testing in Ukraine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Ukraine says it has struck a facility housing Russian Su-57 fighters and Su-34 fighter bombers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Ukraine is looking to capitalize on the success it has had developing counter-drone and other systems by adjusting government rules to enable defense exports.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
In a battlespace unrecognizable from when the war began in 2022, Ukraine’s adaptations appear to be outpacing the Russian invaders.
Missile Defense & Weapons