Russia

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

By Guy Norris
NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office says 40,155 near-Earth objects of all sizes have now been discovered and tracked.
Operations & Safety

By Steve Trimble
In a battlespace unrecognizable from when the war began in 2022, Ukraine’s adaptations appear to be outpacing the Russian invaders.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Staff
Russia’s Tupolev has unveiled its first widebody aircraft concept, the Tu-454; industry sources say, however, that it is not an active development program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A Ukrainian pilot program that has opened the country's air defense to the private sector has resulted in the first successful engagements of Russian drones.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Indian Air Force can proceed with plans to buy a host of defense equipment.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Russia started deployment of its first national low-orbit satellite internet constellation similar to Starlink or Oneweb.
Satellites

By Robert Wall, Vivienne Machi
Russia is likely going to boost its military space launches in remote sensing to close an emerging capability gap, a U.S. Space Force official says.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. homeland will face a dramatic rise in long-range missile threats over the next 10 years.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Staff
Russian users from Kaliningrad to Siberia lost signals of their satellite television on March 4 after the Ekspress-AT1 broadcasting satellite went offline.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
Russia may be looking to shift the focus of its lunar program to the Moon’s north pole, according to an advisor to Russia’s Space Research Institute.
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble
Ukraine’s military intelligence agency on March 2 released details of a new, long-range, air-launched cruise missile employed by the Russian air force.
Missile Defense & Weapons