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Russia’s Progress MS-31 resupply capsule is set for a July 5 arrival and docking at the International Space Station following a July 3 launch.

The U.S. Space Force expects to soon award a second contract for its next batch of missile warning/missile tracking satellites in medium Earth orbit.

Four academics have been awarded a prize for proposing the creation of a Panel on Asteroid Orbit Alteration.

The end of the stealth era is coming and it is coming at the hands of quantum sensing, the deputy director of a Pentagon agency says.

NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX have again delayed the planned launch of Axiom’s fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

MBDA has lifted the lid on a low-cost, long-range, one-way attack drone concept used to saturate an adversary’s air defenses.

The death toll for spacecraft attempting soft landings on the Moon notched up another victim last week.

AerCap won its claim against its insurers for the loss of 116 aircraft and 23 engines leased to Russian airlines and not returned after the invasion of Ukraine.

Europe’s first defense and space commissioner, a self-proclaimed transatlanticist, sets an “ambitious” agenda for the region’s defense.

Attacking enemy airfields is a decades-old military objective, but new drone technology and special warfare tactics amplify the threat.

Japan’s ispace failed in its second attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon June 5, the cause of which has not yet been determined.

X-Bow Systems is the latest erstwhile launch startup to sharpen its focus on missile defense.

The U.S. Army’s program of evaluating new counter-drone technologies recently conducted its sixth test event.

Ukraine claims to have destroyed one-third of Russian Long-Range Aviation’s cruise missile-carrying strategic bombers after an audacious drone raid deep inside Russian territory.

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

The LMS-192 Osvey passenger turboprop will take to the air in 2026, according to a Belarusian governor.

Germany has pledged an additional €5 billion ($5.65 billion) to aid Ukraine’s defenses and boost the country’s ability to strike at long-range against Russia.

Air Serbia has secured rights to overfly Russian airspace on Belgrade–Shanghai service, as Chinese carriers continue to capitalize on overflight access.

The Golden Dome air and missile defense shield could transform the defense relationship between the U.S. and Canada.

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

Poland is acquiring 10,000 loitering munitions through a 10-year-long framework agreement with technology firm WB Electronics.

The ICAO council has ruled that Russia is responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014.

The growing threat to space systems is driving a demand for greater resilience, argues the Luftwaffe’s head of space command.

Pieces of a Soviet-era spacecraft, stranded in Earth orbit after a failed launch to Venus 53 years ago, are heading back into the atmosphere this week.

The U.S. and Ukraine signed a much-anticipated deal on April 30 that could provide Washington with a significant new source of critical minerals.