Russia

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force is looking for sustainment engineering and logistics services for the QF-16 optionally crewed Viper.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The metals are crucial inputs for a wide variety of defense systems, and the U.S. has limited domestic reserves and stockpiles.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
The alliance’s Allied Command Transformation has asked industry and academia for ideas to counter glide bombs as part of one of its innovation challenges.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

Aviation Week Network Staff
Perforation damage to the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer E190 that crashed in Kazakhstan on Dec. 25 indicates that external objects penetrated the fuselage.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Staff
Iran later tried to muddy the disclosure, deleting the reference to the Su-35.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
Despite the challenges, Ukraine’s airports and airlines lay plans for returning to normal operations.
Airports & Networks

By Tony Osborne
Denmark’s political parties have agreed to spend $2 billion on strengthening defense capabilities in the Arctic and North Atlantic region, including Greenland.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Network Staff
The Russian government has approved development of a shorter variant of the country’s MC-21-300 narrowbody passenger airliner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
As the Trump administration considers more economic sanctions against Russia, the aerospace industry is advised to brace for difficulties in titanium supply.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
“No, we are not at war—not yet. But we need to prepare ... there is nothing that cannot be weaponized against us today,” High Representative Kaja Kallas says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russian airlines have now freed more than half of the country’s commercial fleet of Western-made aircraft from dual-registration.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Moscow has signed off an investment of RUB283.8 billion ($2.8 billion) to facilitate the domestic production of 600 commercial airliners by 2030.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The leader of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force in 25 years will have some new tools.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Kurt Hofmann
EASA has issued a Conflict Zone Information Bulletin for the airspace of the Russian Federation west of longitude 60 deg. East.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Matthew Fulco
The decrease in funding for the subcontinent’s space startups appears to be part of a natural investment cycle rather than a sign of waning investor interest in the sector.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornu says 2024 was the second-best year for defense exports in France’s recorded history.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sean Broderick
Grozny's airport reportedly was under attack by Ukrainian drones at the time.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The quiet Dec. 23 announcement that the Kaveri jet engine is now cleared to reenter flight test after a 15-year-long hiatus could be easily missed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Piotr Butowski
A lawsuit and battlefield images reveal radar availability problems in Russia’s helicopters—and the vulnerability of its aerospace industry to sanctions.
Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
Azerbaijan Airlines and other carriers have suspended flights to several destinations in Russia following the crash of one of the carrier's Embraer 190s.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Staff
The fielding of the Tu-160M was announced by the head of the country’s general staff, Army Gen. Valeriy Gerasimov.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
In February 2024, the U.S. Space Force set up a pilot program called Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT).
Commercial Space