Ukraine war

In addition to learning lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War, the French Air and Space Force is working on defense in space.

Europe’s first defense and space commissioner, a self-proclaimed transatlanticist, sets an “ambitious” agenda for the region’s defense.

Denmark is urgently acquiring a trio of ground-based air defense systems worth nearly $1 billion to defend its cities and critical infrastructure.

Poland has canceled a plan to acquire Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk utility helicopters, citing a change in priorities.

Five additional NATO members have joined a coalition of western countries aiming to help Ukraine bolster its electronic warfare capabilities.

Attacking enemy airfields is a decades-old military objective, but new drone technology and special warfare tactics amplify the threat.

The U.S. Army’s program of evaluating new counter-drone technologies recently conducted its sixth test event.

An ongoing push in the U.S. Air Force to make its bases more resilient is likely to get more attention, the service’s top officer says.

A new acquisition channel has opened to introduce first-person vehicle (FPV) drones and UAS for other domains into the U.S. military inventory.

For the first time since early on in World War II, Europe is set to spend more on the acquisition of military equipment than the U.S. this year.

Ukraine claims to have destroyed one-third of Russian Long-Range Aviation’s cruise missile-carrying strategic bombers after an audacious drone raid deep inside Russian territory.

Teasing the long-awaited Strategic Defense Review to be published June 2, UK Defense Secretary John Healey said the UK needs to bolster its defense industrial base.

On Moscow’s new space agenda, private enterprises and reusable launchers are in, and big satellites are out.

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

Germany has pledged an additional €5 billion ($5.65 billion) to aid Ukraine’s defenses and boost the country’s ability to strike at long-range against Russia.

Turkey and Belgium are planning to join a multinational effort to provide drones to Ukraine, the Latvian government that leads the effort with the UK said.

Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has provided the strongest hint yet that his country will provide KEPD 350 Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.

Failure to adapt NATO in the current geopolitical situation risks fracturing the alliance and empowering adversaries.

Japanese technology conglomerate Rakuten has entered into cooperation with a Ukrainian effort to develop a defense technology ecosystem.

After Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, nations realized that they needed access to commercial space-based data and imagery.

Elbit Systems CEO Butzi Machlis says the company is seeing “huge interest” in its Iron Beam technology.

Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary has criticized Ukrainian airport operators for failing to engage on post-war recovery plans.

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

Tekever plans to grow UAS ecosystem and test sites through £400 million Overmatch investment plan in the UK.

Western militaries confront the reality that Russian electromagnetic spectrum warfare puts everything in the crosshairs, from GPS-guided weapons to satellites.