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Canada has joined Europe's SAFE program, a new financial instrument to help EU member states boost spending on common defense in the face of the Russian threat.

Ukrainian Air Force personnel say they are moving to different forward operating bases several times a week to avoid being destroyed by Russian air attacks.

Northrop Grumman’s initial Cygnus XL resupply capsule for the International Space Station has been temporarily unberthed from the orbital lab’s U.S. segment.

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A UK Royal Air Force crew has been dazzled by a laser pointed at their aircraft from a Russian survey ship, UK Defense Secretary John Healey has said.

Three Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station were advised to bunk down in the U.S. Destiny Laboratory due to this week’s geomagnetic storms.

Export prospects for Russian combat aircraft are fading as Russian companies struggle with supply chain issues and lack the funding for R&D.

Russia has started developing a Mach 3 nuclear-powered cruise missile that can be upgraded to hypersonic speed.

DARPA has kicked off an effort to detect and track faint objects hundreds of thousands of miles away in cislunar space.

Russia has completed another test of a cruise missile powered by a nuclear propulsion system, but Western experts remain unimpressed.

Russia’s leading airline operator Aeroflot Group is feeling threatened by the growing presence of foreign air carriers in its home market, according to its CEO.

Two cosmonauts conducted a spacewalk outside the Russian segment of the International Space Station on Oct. 16.

Italy has budgeted nearly €600 million ($697 million) through 2030 to launch the acquisition of a new maritime patrol aircraft.

Sweden is investing 1.5 billion krona ($160 million) to boost the availability of its Gripen fleet and enable smoother operations from temporary bases.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that Russian air defenses unwittingly fired upon the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 that ended up crashing in Kazakhstan on Dec. 25 last year.

Russian uncrewed aircraft maker Geoscan has revealed plans to launch satellite constellations for Earth mapping and communication services.

Ukraine remains committed to producing offensive ballistic missiles for sustained attacks on targets deep behind the Russian front lines, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Oct. 6.

Aboard the International Space Station (ISS), crews already operate as if they live and work aboard two distinct stations.

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

A series of airspace violations of European countries by Russia has been described as “reckless” and “escalatory” by NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte.

Italian F-35s and Swedish JAS-39 Gripens were scrambled on Sept. 19 to respond to Russian MiG-31s that entered Estonian airspace.

AFK Sistema subsidiary Sputnix will design the spacecraft and Roscosmos will provide launch services.

Volga-Dnepr Group—once Russia’s largest cargo carrier—appears to have avoided nationalization and could be sold to a new private owner.

NATO will bolster the defense of Poland after violations of that country’s airspace by Russian uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) earlier this week.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told European leaders Sept. 10 that Europe and Ukraine need a ”joint air defense system and [to] create an effective air shield."