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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is feeling good and so far pleased with how his body is responding to Earth’s gravity after a U.S. record-setting 371 days in space.

The Pentagon’s nuclear posture is not capable of deterring both China and Russia simultaneously, a new report says.

NASA has postponed a pair of International Space Station spacewalks planned for Oct. 12 and Oct. 20 due to a coolant leak.

A pair of privately owned Iranian cubesats are slated to launch as secondary payloads aboard a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket in December.

The National Reconnaissance Office plans to quadruple the number of satellites it has in orbit.

An external coolant leak from a backup radiator on the International Space Station’s Russian segment Nauka multipurpose laboratory module has ceased.

The European Union is making €300 million ($318 million) available to member states in a bid to encourage common procurement of defense equipment.

Russia’s attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon in August failed due to a mistimed thruster burn.

Russia’s largest carrier Aeroflot has formally acquired 17 aircraft from Ireland-based lessor SMBC Aviation Capital via an insurance settlement.

Financing issues are delaying development of a new Russian space station in low Earth orbit.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio will pass the one-year mark in space on Sept. 21. His return to Earth is set for Sept. 27.

Russia’s Soyuz MS-24 crew capsule autonomously docked to the International Space Station on Sept. 15.

AeroVironment makes two loitering munitions: the anti-personnel Switchblade 300 and the anti-armored vehicle Switchblade 600.

South Africa’s Paramount Group is seeing strong demand for the upgrade of older Russian-built helicopters.

Estonia and Latvia are to jointly purchase the Diehl IRIS-T SLM medium-range, ground-based air defense system.

GEOST says its Starlite protective system will be integrated into the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tracking Layer Tranche 1 satellites.

Russian government-owned airlines placed new orders for locally made commercial aircraft on Sept. 11 at the Eastern Economic Forum.

Aeroflot Group has settled a dispute with Ireland-based lessor AerCap regarding 18 aircraft and five engines.

Russian airlines have looked to source parts from countries not signed up to international sanctions.

Images of two Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced jet trainers being flight tested in Isfahan, Iran, and wearing Iranian Air Force colors were published online on Sept. 2.

Reznikov leaves the role having secured the transfer of billions of dollars of military equipment and weaponry to Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion.

Ukraine has now fielded a long-range weapon capable of striking targets hundreds of miles deep into Russian territory.

The U.S. has announced a new package of aid for Ukraine, including for the first time the announcement of AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles to be used for air defense.

A new Ukrainian military intelligence assessment claims that Russian companies are building strike missiles at a monthly clip of more than 100.

Western sanctions have impeded Russia’s participation in the widebody program, but China plans to pursue it alone.