Ukrainian troops are finalizing their training to become the first operators of a previously undisclosed U.S. Air Force-developed loitering munition, and the Pentagon said May 6 it came out of the service’s secretive office that handles rapid development of special mission aircraft.
Plans to phase out Russian oil imports to Europe could have a serious impact on airports and air traffic if not replaced by deliveries from other sources, the head of the German Airports Association said.
The Pentagon is reprogramming almost $1.5 billion from newly authorized Ukraine assistance funds to replenish its Javelin anti-tank munition stocks and order new Stinger anti-aircraft missiles for the first time in two years as the department moves forward on their replacements.
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has written off more than $500 million of assets in the form of aircraft leased to Russian carriers, the company said May 6.
Switzerland’s government is committed to signing a contract to buy its planned fleet of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters by the end of March 2023, before an offer deadline expires.
The CEO of Avio does not see any problem in the medium term regarding supply of the RD-843 engines that power its upgraded Vega C light launcher, despite their Ukrainian origin.
Bombardier continues to see strong demand for Challenger and Global business jets with an order backlog that grew $1.3 billion during the first quarter of 2022.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is not operating its services to London and Paris because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent airspace restrictions.
Latvian flag-carrier airBaltic plans to wet-lease a Boeing 737-900ER from Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), at the same time the company is wet-leasing some of its own fleet of Airbus A220s to other airlines.
Poland has said it will protect Slovakia’s airspace should the latter decide to ground its fleet of MiG-29s and transfer the fighter aircraft to Ukraine.
Dublin-based lessor Avolon said it had recognized an impairment of $304 million against its exposure to the Russian market during the first quarter, reducing the carrying value of its 10 owned aircraft in the country to zero.
The Pentagon is sending new rotations of fighter aircraft to NATO’s eastern front as the U.S. and other allies continue to airlift large amounts of aid into the region for Ukraine.
President Joe Biden on April 28 requested $33 billion from Congress for aid to Ukraine, a dramatic increase from ongoing spending to support Kyiv in its fight against Russia, and specifically highlights a need for anti-aircraft and advanced air defense systems.
Despite the Russia-Ukraine war and volatility in the stock market, business aircraft activity at Textron Aviation has remained strong during the first quarter of 2022, company officials say.
Aircraft Industries, the manufacturer of the Let family of turboprop regional aircraft, is now back in Czech hands after being acquired from its Russian owners.
Russian operators have seized 222 commercial and business-jet aircraft that belong to lessors, taking advantage of a government edict that permitted them to re-register the airframes to take ownership and get them on the country’s registry, an Aviation Week analysis shows.
