Aviation and space news
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August 19, 2026
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. Indo-Russian Rifles Pvt Ltd (IRRPL) has achieved a major milestone by successfully manufacturing and test-firing the first... The post IRRPL…
Iran accused Qatar of holding three Iranian Air Force pilots prisoner who went missing after two Sukhoi Su-24 bombers went down during a combat mission carried out in March. The…
Russia’s attempt to regain control of a giant cargo aircraft stranded at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) has suffered another setback after a Canadian Federal Court judge rejected…
Single type certificate will simplify maintenance and modifications as the Tu-214 fills a temporary gap while newer Russian airliners struggle to reach production scale
Decision by Russian regulator intended to provide greater flexibility across twinjet models. Russian federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia has issued a combined type certificate for the…
A new agreement provides for Russia to select and train Myanmar's first cosmonaut. But how realistic is such a plan given the country's political situation, and when…
VK-1600S powerplant to be based on helicopter engine. Russia’s United Engine is preparing to build a demonstrator of a new engine for smaller aircraft types including a modernised Antonov An-2. It…
Russia's aviation authority Rosaviatsiya has merged the type certifications for the Tupolev Tu-204/214 aircraft family. Four previously separate certificates for different variants were replaced by…
Ukrainian drone pilots have set a new altitude record by destroying a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle with a STING interceptor drone at more than 7 kilometers above ground. The Wild Hornets drone…
August 18, 2026
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In the report I prepared, Cannon Fodder: the trap of foreign recruitment in the Russian army... The article The "likeable rogues" states: the…
Ukrainian attacks on refineries and the Moscow region shift part of the war's costs onto Russian territory. In response, the Kremlin is stepping up military pressure and seeking to redefine the…
Russia's Ministry of Defense stated that its forces had destroyed a total of 674 Ukrainian aircraft and 284 helicopters since the start of the military operation. The agency released this…
After years of fighting in Ukraine and rapid technological adaptation on the battlefield, the former commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, Valerii Zaluzhny, stated that…
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) says it has dismantled a network used by Russian intelligence to gather information on Ukrainian military aviation. The operation reportedly began…
Russia's aviation industry has delivered the first two series-produced PD-8 engines for the SJ-100 passenger jet. The engine, developed by United Engine Corporation…
Russia's aviation authority has merged the type certificates for the Tupolev Tu-204/214 series. The manufacturer expects this to bring cheaper maintenance and simpler training…
Syria's state airline Syrian Airlines operated its first regular passenger flight in over a year and a half between the Syrian capital Damascus…
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August 17, 2026
Ukrainian intelligence reportedly holds information about Moscow forming battalions with Ukrainian prisoners of war, according to Andriy Pasternak, head…
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JOHANNESBURG — The European Union has sanctioned the head of a Roscosmos subsidiary developing a synthetic aperture radar satellite system for the Russian military. The sanctions are part of what…
Satellite imagery reveals growing launch infrastructure for Geran-family one-way attack drones, including the capability of launching heavier, higher-performing types. The post Russia Is Expanding…
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A Rafale fighter of the French Air and Space Force intercepted a rare Russian Tupolev Tu-214 linked to Russia's Federal Security Service, the FSB, during an air policing mission of…
Russia reportedly intercepting nearly all of Ukraine's Flamingo missiles with A-50U aircraft support
An open-source survey indicates ten of the 11 FP-5 missiles launched since July would have... The post Russia reportedly intercepting nearly all of Ukraine's Flamingo missiles with aircraft…
The absence of air superiority by Russian or Ukrainian forces since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and the lack of U.S. air superiority over Iran point to a future in […]
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The first series-production model had flown from Irkutsk to Zhukovsky, a distance that poses no challenge for the aircraft
Russia may or may not be in the top ten countries with the most 5th-gen fighters with Norway possibly having twice as many.
On August 17, 2026, Ukrainian forces executed a long-range missile strike against the Progress Rocket Space Centre in Samara, Russia, damaging production facilities used to manufacture launch…
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A rare video from the early months of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has drawn renewed attention on social media, showing a Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter taking off from atop an…
Russian narrowbody flew more than 4,000 km from Irkutsk to Zhukovsky, although the ferry flight cannot be compared directly with commercial range figures
Warthog The A-10 Thunderbolt II is the first Air Force aircraft specially designed for close air support of ground forces. They are simple, effective and survivable twin-engine jet aircraft that can…
Russia's first serial-production MC-21-310 completed its first long-range flight, in a new stage of the programme that aims to bring the Russian commercial jet into service and reduce…
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