Russia

Aaron Stein and Sam Lair
Proliferating space constellations could suffer the same fate as the Telstar 1 satellite in 1962.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Turkey has begun talks with Russia to enable it to sell on the controversial S-400 air defense system, the purchase of which got it banished from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
An MIT-led simulation and modeling effort offers a potential space-based method for detecting nuclear weapons in Earth orbit.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
Boeing and NASA are running out of time to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station aboard CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
Space Exploration

By Tony Osborne
The UK Defense Ministry has begun releasing details of procurement plans associated with the country's long-awaited Defense Investment Plan.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Staff
Russia plans to reengine the SSJ-100 fleet with PD-8 turbofans, replacing SaM146 engines as sanctions halt production and certification progresses.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Russian aircraft manufacturer Yakovlev has begun flight trials of the Yak-130M, a modernized version of its combat jet trainer.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Simon Daly, Guy Ferneyhough
Data for airliner utilization in Russia shows a significant drop in flights so far in 2026, with narrowbody flight cycles in May down more than a third year over year.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Mark Carreau
A NASA safety panel praised the International Space Station (ISS) program on June 22 for the precautionary steps it recently took while Russian cosmonauts looked into the latest in a series of worrisome air leaks.
Space Exploration

Aviation Week Staff
A few days after Tehran and Washington reached a preliminary peace deal, the Iranian Red Crescent Society turned to Russia to renew its rotorcraft fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Russia's federal air transport agency Rosaviatsia has certified two key domestic aerospace programs: the PD-8 turbofan and Ilyushin Il-114-300 passenger turboprop.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
A Russian one-way attack drone hit a residential building in Romania, injuring two people.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev conducted a 6-hr., multitask spacewalk outside the International Space Station on May 27.
Space Exploration

Aviation Week Staff
Russian Helicopters has tested the Kamov Ka-226T medium twin helicopter with the new Klimov VK-650V turboshaft, marking the third engine the company has tested with the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
For Russia and Ukraine, the battle of electronic warfare tools versus drones is a seemingly neverending cycle of evolution.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Ukraine has been able to use electronic attack techniques to seriously degrade the effectiveness of Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missile and other systems.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
The UK government has accused Russia of recklessness after two dangerous intercepts of Royal Air Force Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint intelligence-gathering aircraft in international airspace.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Multiple modifications made by Russia to improve the lethality and survivability of the Kh-101cruise missile against air defenses have achieved only limited success.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Latvia’s defense minister resigns after drone incursions expose airspace vulnerabilities, prompting leadership changes and calls for stronger defense.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Staff
The strike occurred at about 8:00 a.m. local time and was part of a large air attack from Ukraine.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
With conflicts near its borders increasingly dominated by one-way attack drones, Turkey’s defense industry is accelerating efforts to develop domestic options.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
A decade after the project started, Russia debuts its Soyuz-5 launcher and awaits commercial customers.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
After more than a decade of suffering an erosion of its launch prowess, Russia is trying to make a comeback with the inaugural launch of a new Soyuz rocket.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s next SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station will deliver four crewmembers for a long-duration mission.
Budget, Policy & Regulation