Ukraine war

War in Ukraine

By Jen DiMascio, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne, Brian Everstine
The recent circulation of U.S. military and intelligence documents amplifies warnings about Ukraine’s need for fighters and counter-air missiles.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Readers write about nuclear weapons, space shuttle and Dream Chaser tiles, the Chinese spy balloon and the importance of STEM. Also: Behind the Scenes.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Steve Trimble
The allegations have come out more than 13 months after Russian and Ukrainian forces fought a battle around Hostomel airport in the first hours of the invasion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The $2.6 billion package includes $2.1 billion in new equipment and another $500 million in existing equipment.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week staff
U.S. Navy Adm. (ret.) William H. McRaven, now a senior advisor at Lazard, spoke with Aviation Week editors about budgets, China and the Russia-Ukraine War.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Slovakia has become the first country to declare it has delivered operational crewed combat aircraft to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Finland has begun allowing allies to conduct surveillance flights along the country’s 1,300-km border with Russia.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A long-awaited transfer of Polish and Slovakian MiGs will help restore Ukrainian air force capacity, but they add few needed capabilities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The offer serves as “indirect compensation” for donating 13 Mikoyan MiG-29s and parts of an SA-6 battery to Ukraine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
North Macedonia has confirmed it has joined Poland and Slovakia in supplying Soviet-era combat aircraft to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon’s newest batch of aid for Ukraine includes additional missiles for Ukrainian aircraft to target Russian surface-to-air missile systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The announcement by Warsaw breaks a year-long impasse over whether Western governments would heed Ukrainian demands for fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
EUCOM released the video from the MQ-9A’s belly-mounted MTS-B sensor on March 16 after Russia denied that the intercept by two Su-27s led to a collision.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois
Eurocontrol member states have established a voluntary solidarity fund of $50 million.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
A U.S. Space Command official says kinetic methods remain on the table in a wartime scenario.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Reopening Ukraine’s airspace to commercial traffic any time soon sounds far-fetched but Eurocontrol is putting a plan in place for when the day comes.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
The incident over the Black Sea comes after a string of unsafe encounters reported by U.S. and UK military aircraft since October.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Carl Conetta
While it is unlikely that Russia will turn to nuclear weapons, the ongoing war in Ukraine may prompt a new strategic standoff.
Budget, Policy & Operations

William Alberque
Three reasons why the use of nuclear weapons does not make sense for Russia.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Ukraine has about 60 aircraft remaining, but those have been made “worthless” in the face of highly effective Russian air defenses.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK and German air forces have linked arms to undertake a joint air policing mission from Estonia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Although fighters and long-range missiles have topped Ukraine’s urgent cries for more weapons from the West, attack helicopters also are on the list.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
An Australian company has revealed that it has been supplying a small logistics drone made out of cardboard to the Ukrainian military for several months.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
President Joe Biden has signed a new waiver of statutory requirements for the Defense Production Act.
Budget, Policy & Operations