Defense

The U.S. will begin to train Ukrainian pilots and maintainers on the F-16 later this year as the Pentagon seeks to accelerate adoption of the Fighting Falcon.

All five bids were opened during a meeting of a working group composed of directorates from four Bulgarian ministries.

Thrusters on the International Space Station Russian segment’s Zvezda service module were commanded to fire for an orbital debris avoidance maneuver.

The first and second stages of the Collima-1 rocket performed normally, but the “emergency blasting system” malfunctioned.

South Korean researchers have developed a humanoid robot capable of understanding flight manuals and flying an aircraft without cockpit modifications.

Norway will become the third country to agree to send F-16s to bolster the Ukrainian air force.

Aviation companies at this year's Dubai Airshow will showcase the latest solutions towards a sustainable future.

As the aerospace manufacturing sector grows in the Middle East, so does the expertise from the region’s companies. The UAE manufacturer Edge is a case in point. MICHAEL DESHAIES, chief executive of the company’s EPI division explains how its heat and surface treatments has led to the Abu Dhabi business becoming a precision engineering leader.

India has carried out the first live firing of the indigenously developed Astra air-to-air missile from its HAL Tejas fighter.

India trumped a Russian effort to conduct the first in situ science experiments in a water-bearing region of the Moon.

UK-based defense contractor paid a premium for the Ball business with an eye on the fast-growing space systems segment.

With their six-month, four-person SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the ISS drawing to a close, two of the U.S. flyers praised their NASA crewmate Frank Rubio.

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the proposed sale, starting a mandatory review period for lawmakers.

ClearSpace says a leftover payload adapter floating in Earth’s orbit, that it planned to remove from space, has been hit by another piece of junk.

The capital investments by Boeing are supporting the company's "future franchise" programs, which possibly include the Next Generation Air Dominance program.

Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin reportedly died in the crash of an Embraer business jet in Russia on Aug. 23.

India made history on Aug. 23 by becoming the first country to land a spacecraft near the lunar south pole.

Russia’s Progress MS-24 resupply mission was on course to reach the seven-person International Space Station late Aug. 24.

The Indonesian military's agreement to acquire the Black Hawks—which Aviation Week understands could cover the purchase of 24 S-70Ms—is not set in stone.

AeroVironment plans to buy Tomahawk Robotics, a developer of software and hardware to control multiple tactical uncrewed air and ground vehicles at once.

Umbra wins a contract to study how its advanced space radar technologies could be used in the USAF shift to space for its moving-target indication mission.

The Mohajer-10 is also described by IRNA as having a 24-hr. endurance, an altitude ceiling of 7,000 meters and a fuel capacity of 450 liters.

Preparations continue for the planned Aug. 25 launch of NASA’s Crew-7’s three astronauts and a cosmonaut to the International Space Station.

U.S. startup Advanced Tactics plans to fly two multi-rotor heavylift VTOLs funded through a U. S. Air Force program.

Our Aug. 17, 1953, issue featured a mammoth special report on the Air Research and Development Command (ARDC).