Ukraine war

Listen in to hear from Aviation Week's Steve Trimble after he travelled to Ukraine for a military drone event and gained insights into how Russia's UAV operations are evolving.

A series of airspace violations of European countries by Russia has been described as “reckless” and “escalatory” by NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte.

Marss has wrapped up flight testing of its counter-drone interceptor UAS and is now eyeing full-rate production as it courts global customers.

Geospatial imagery has become a cornerstone of the international system to monitor nuclear activities, but inspectors are clamoring for better systems to aid their work.

Taiwanese flight academy Apex Aviation will partner with Portugal’s Tekever on AI-powered drones used by Ukraine.

Ukraine’s armed forces face a new drone menace on the front lines that threatens after 3.5 years of full-scale war to transform a bloody stalemate with Russia into something worse for the defenders.

Startups and established primes are revisiting weapon development to accelerate delivery of equipment to users.

The U.S. and Ukraine will jointly invest $150 million in a fund that will help rebuild the country and develop its vast critical minerals resources,

U.S. investors led a $15 million Series A round in a Ukrainian software developer for swarming drones.

The Swedish developers of a low-cost anti-drone effector are working on a longer-range loitering munition capable of engaging targets beyond line of sight.

Days after Russian drone incursions into Poland and Romania, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to NATO countries to invest in his country’s low-cost interceptors.

Following the recent incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace, the German government has decided to boost its quick reaction alert fighter force.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told European leaders Sept. 10 that Europe and Ukraine need a ”joint air defense system and [to] create an effective air shield."

Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35s shot down Russian drones as part of a NATO mission to help protect Polish air space, the Dutch defense minister confirmed.

Polish airspace was temporarily closed overnight when more than a dozen Russian drones crossed into the country during a major aerial attack on Ukraine.

The parade in Beijing was the most significant in nearly a decade, and the breadth of equipment unveiled was striking.

After its rapid-fire development, the low-cost Extended-Range Attack Munition cruise missile program is poised for trial by fire.

Far from ending Russia’s interest in attack helicopters, the Ukraine War has taught Moscow that it needs them with more speed and range.

Ukraine has pitched a $50 billion proposal to the White House to supply 50 million drones over a five-year period.

The UK issued an urgent request for information to industry for a low-cost means to engage jet-powered one-way-attack drones Russia is using against Ukraine.

Ukrainian front-line troops received the first 1,000 first person view drones less than two weeks after a newly launched online weapons marketplace started processing orders.

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

NATO military commanders and politicians see more potential in the use of drones, but this shouldn't come at the expense of “legacy” systems, a think tank says.

Anduril has delivered the first tranche of Altius loitering munitions to Taiwan in conjunction with the establishment of a local office.

The Lithuanian government has formally asked NATO to bolster its air and missile defenses over growing concerns about Russian military activity.