Ukraine war

The MOD is asking industry for ideas to field a low-observable vessel for Ukraine that could be used to strike targets at a range of up to 100 km (62 mi.).

Here are some issues the Trump administration should not dodge as it looks to set U.S. defense policy.

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

There will still be billions of unused authority for the incoming Trump administration to decide what to do with, Pentagon officials say.

French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornu says 2024 was the second-best year for defense exports in France’s recorded history.

A lawsuit and battlefield images reveal radar availability problems in Russia’s helicopters—and the vulnerability of its aerospace industry to sanctions.

U.S. Foreign Military Sales have been booming, although the torrid pace may ease.

The UK and partners are including more counter-uncrewed air systems (C-UAS) and loitering munitions in a new £225 million ($284 million) package for Ukraine.

The funding cut will mean that NASA will have to reallocate $180 million from its current space operations budget.

In total, legislators approved 38 projects with a combined value of about €21 billion ($26.7 billion).

The country’s defense minister hopes the new branch can be formed in the third quarter of 2025.

Can Moscow revive its military aircraft export business? It is ready to try.

After years of talking about collective defense, the EU wants to make 2025 the year it really advances efforts to boost the region’s military capacity.

If Gen. Stephen Whiting could knock only one capability need off of his wish list, it would be integrated space fires, the U.S. Space Command commander says.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has rolled out the latest large tranche of aid for Ukraine as he faced up to an uncertain future for supplying Kyiv and his own department’s legacy on the issue.

The top U.S. officer in the Pacific says Russia has reached an agreement with North Korea to send MiG-29 and Su-27 fighter aircraft to Pyongyang.

The Ukrainian government has revealed production plans for two long-range drone missiles, highlighting a campaign to strengthen the national defense industry.

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

So far, the U.S. has committed more than $62 billion in military assistance to Ukraine since Joe Biden took office as president in 2021.

As the Space Force approaches its fifth birthday, one of its most critical mission areas is undergoing a massive facelift.

Britain is looking to build a secure supply chain for energetic materials for missiles and ammunition to help support Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion.

Western satellites once flew on Russian-made rockets, such as Europe’s use of the Soyuz to deploy its Galileo navigation spacecraft constellation.

South Korea says Russia has supplied North Korea with SAM systems as part of an exchange for more than 10,000 troops sent to the frontline of the Ukraine War.

The reveal of the Oreshnik indirectly refutes a Ukrainian government claim that the strike involved an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Red Cat Holdings has won a contract to deliver thousands of small quadcopters for the U.S. Army’s Tranche 2 of the Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) program.