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Russia’s largest airline owner, Aeroflot Group, is spending $1.1 billion on insurance settlements to obtain the remaining 36 aircraft it operates that are still owned by foreign lessors.

Russian Helicopters has logged the first flight of its Ansat light twin rotorcraft powered by locally produced engines.

China’s decision to relax visa rules for Russian citizens is expected to fuel further growth in the aviation market between the two countries.

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

Russia has selected the thrust rating for its new heavy turbofan engine which will be installed on both future commercial and military platforms.

Russian authorities are keen to nationalize Volga-Dnepr Group—once the country’s once largest cargo carrier—its founder Alexey Isaikin said.

Far from ending Russia’s interest in attack helicopters, the Ukraine War has taught Moscow that it needs them with more speed and range.

Russia has launched the Bion-M No. 2 biological research mission to test radiation effects on living species when in polar orbit.

The Falcon 9 launch of CRS-33 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is targeted for Aug. 24 at 2:45 a.m. EDT, carrying 5,000 lb. of supplies, equipment and research.

Signs of activity on the arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya point to a resumption of flight tests on Russia’s 9M370 Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile.

Latvia says Russia is interfering with global navigation satellite systems from three sites, impacting flight navigation and airport operations in the region.

NATO military commanders and politicians see more potential in the use of drones, but this shouldn't come at the expense of “legacy” systems, a think tank says.

When it comes to buying fighters, Jakarta is once again shuffling the deck.

As the International Space Station enters its last five years, the heads of the project’s primary partners met in person for the first time in seven years

An ill-timed sea breeze pushed a cumulus cloud too close to Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on July 31.

Is Russia’s version of the B-2 bomber getting ready for prime time?

Russia has launched a crash program to harden military airfields near the border with Ukraine in response to Kyiv’s successful strikes with one-way attack UAS.

As China and Russia flex their military muscles in space, Western defense officials are becoming punchier in their mindset around those operations.

Russian airline group S7 is closing its subsidiary S7 Space, which had developed expertise in repairing the high-pressure compressor blades in CFM56 engines.

An Antonov An-24RV operated by Angara Airlines crashed in the Amur region of Russia's Far East, with early indications suggesting there were no survivors.

A U.S.-made copy of Iran’s Shahed loitering munition highlighted a display of 18 drones and loitering munitions at the Pentagon.

The European Union plans a large boost in defense spending in its next multiyear budget that aims to total €2 trillion ($2.3 billion) for 2028-34.

IATA says there are no operational concerns flagged by member carriers transiting Russian airspace, following a close call with two Chinese-operated aircraft.

Russian aircraft manufacturer Ural Works for Civil Aviation has conducted the first flight trials of its new VK-800 turboprop engine.

Russia’s new passenger turboprop the Ilyushin Il-114-300 will reportedly gain its designed operational parameters in 2028, two years after it enters service.