Russia

By Byron Callan
The industry is in a different place than during the Cold War and has a major war at its backdoor.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Early in the spacewalk, the two cosmonauts were working more than 2 hr. ahead of schedule and urging Russian flight controllers to plan a third spacewalk for them.
Space

Aviation Week Network Staff
The Philippines has become the first importer of the Russo-Indian BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is surging a major $1 billion tranche of aid to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to raise UK defense spending to the equivalent of 2.5% of GDP.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By David Casey
All the data relating to the region’s top airlines, airports, routes and markets during the second quarter of the year.
Airports & Networks

By Tony Osborne
Born in Ukraine in April 1952, Kvochur joined the Soviet armed forces in the early 1970s.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Network Staff
The primary purpose of the new joint program is to serve as a replacement for the L-410 twin-turboprop, production of which was suspended in 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia’s largest carriers are starting to introduce locally developed software to help maintain their Western-made airliners.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A U.S. government pressure campaign has yet to produce visible results for Russia to drop alleged plans to eventually launch a co-orbital space weapon.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia has restored its capability for high-resolution Earth mapping with the recent launch of the new Resurs-P observation satellite.
Space

Aviation Week Network Staff
Local certification of the new Russian-built Il-114-300 is now planned for the end of 2025, with first delivery scheduled for 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Finland's Traficom said Russian ownership and control of the leisure airline means operations would not be permissible under the EU sanctions regulation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
Japan’s Smart Lander For Investigating Moon spacecraft has survived a second lunar night.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The Russian Air Force’s use of glide bombs is adding to the country’s fires advantage against Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 crew transport successfully docked with the International Space Station on March 25.
Space

By Tony Osborne
British intelligence officials are suggesting Moscow could be facing fleet availability issues.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Air France-KLM CEO Benjamin Smith wants airlines that overfly Russia to be banned from landing in Europe.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
France has become the world’s second-largest arms exporter after sales by Russia plummeted in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi hailed the milestone event by India’s 26-year-old nuclear weapons program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Ukrainian forces appear to have used French-supplied Hammer AASM air-launched guided bombs in action, reports from both sides of the frontline have indicated.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
As U.S. satellites face increasing threats, Washington wants more data-sharing agreements from friendly nations to keep an eye on in-orbit movements.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
Roscosmos’ Soyuz 2.1b rocket with a Fregat booster orbited a batch of Russian satellites and an Iranian spacecraft on Feb. 29.
Space

By Irene Klotz
India named four air force officers to become the founding members of the country’s Gaganyaan astronaut corps.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is gearing up to begin a $7.2 billion upgrade program for the Indian Air Force’s Su-30MKI fighter fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion