Defense

A Russian Altius long-endurance uncrewed air vehicle (UAV) crashed July 8 during flight testing near Kazan.

The German Bundestag has begun the debate on higher defense spending that would also see a significant uptick in the procurement budget for the current year.

Spain will again rely on Airbus to provide its radar satellites with a replacement.

The Lancaster House defense and security treaties between France and the UK will “scale up,” reflecting the international threat picture, Macron says.

Raphe mPhibr, an Indian aircraft manufacturing company specialising in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), has adopted Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

In March, the Royal Navy swopped a Wildcat HM2 anti-surface helicopter deployed to the region aboard HMS Lancaster, with support from a RAF C-17A Globemaster. Alan Warnes reports.

KAI has revealed a conceptual design for a carrier-based UCAV, developed in support of the Republic of Korea Navy’s future drone carrier program.

Norwegian missile-maker Kongsberg could further ramp up output as its defense and space backlog swells to a new record.

80 years ago in Aviation Week we reported that Germany’s surrender in May 1945 ended World War II in Europe, but the U.S. still faced a daunting battle with Japan in the Pacific theater.

The U.S. Army plans to buy up to 10,000 small uncrewed aircraft systems (SUAS) that could be delivered by September 2026 for less than $2,000 each.

The German government has accused China of lasing one of its aircraft.

The Nigerian Air Force says it is exploring co-development of what it calls a “fully indigenous” African uncrewed aerial vehicle with the Ethiopian Air Force.

Boeing could be out of the running for South Korea's program to buy new airborne early warning aircraft after failing to submit a bid in the latest round.

Missile defense has become an all-domain juggling act to handle low- to high-end threats.

Japan has recently embarked on an unprecedented modernization and reorganization of its naval forces, including its naval aviation capabilities.

Skyfly Technologies has successfully completed its first roundtrip flight between two airfields in the UK.

The UK defense ministry has dispatched a team of engineers to India to retrieve a Lockheed Martin F-35B stranded in the country since mid-June.

DARPA has ended its Liberty Lifter effort to build a full-scale seaplane demonstrator earlier than originally expected,

Defense ministers from the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) partner nations have reaffirmed ambitions to get the combat aircraft on contract by year-end.

The four-nation Eurofighter combat aircraft is “still very much in the game” for potential export sales to Saudi Arabia and Turkey, says a UK government minister.

Participants in the annual Turkish-led Anatolian Eagle exercises trained as the exercise adapts to a new era of high-intensity warfighting.

Aselsan says it is looking to commence production of its Yildrim 100 laser-based directed infrared countermeasures system (DIRCM) late this year.

Space rockets and Boeing C-17-sized wing-in-ground effect vehicles rank among candidates attempting to solve one of the U.S. military's toughest problems.

The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) has formally operationalized the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft as of July 3.

The Israeli military has stepped up its attack on targets in Yemen after the Houthi forces based there have continued to launch drones and ballistic missiles at Israel.