Aviation and space news
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August 19, 2026
Direct Fly has delivered ten Alto NG training aircraft to Ukraine to strengthen its pilot training. Funded by the Czech Republic and a public collection, these aircraft are due…
Germany opened the DLR Drone Security Technology Center at Cochstedt airport two weeks after an explosives-laden drone struck a Ukrainian An-124 at Leipzig.
Ukrainian aviation companies remain in demand worldwide, especially for special tasks. In Turkey, Xena LLC from Zaporizhzhia is fighting wildfires with an Antonov An-32P firefighting bomber…
In what amounts to an important step to expand its drone fleets' capabilities, Ukraine's Ministry of Defence has recently approved the new Dovbush T40, which according to…
The jet has been stuck in Canada for 4.5 years now.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence says more than 70 systems using artificial intelligence and computer vision are now being used by its defence forces, including technologies The post Ukraine expands…
For more than two years, France has no longer been detailing the material support it provides to Ukraine. Only occasional announcements and the report to Parliament on arms exports…
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…
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…
The Ministry of Defence states that the system can cover more than 2,000 kilometres, a distance that allows it to operate at a depth far greater than that of the conventional battlefield. The…
Among them is Sergei Bashkov, director of Irz-Sviaz, a company the EU considers a systemically important manufacturer of navigation receivers for GPS systems and the…
Among them is Sergei Bashkov, director of Irz-Sviaz, a company considered by the EU to be a systemically important manufacturer of navigation receivers for GPS and…
August 18, 2026
Ukraine is counting on the Equalizer to provide an affordable air-launched standoff weapon that doesn't rely on foreign donors. The post New Details Emerge About Ukraine’s Homegrown “Equalizer”…
Rakuten is brokering Helsing's sale of HX-2 strike drones to Japan's army, and the aircraft under test is the same one a German defense ministry document said struggled to launch in Ukraine.
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…
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Testing the most effective battlefield counter-UAS technology has been the key focus of Exercise Baltic Trust, which brought together approximately 650 participants from 24 countries The post…
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…
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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…
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 […]
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…
The war in Ukraine is, without doubt, a perfect laboratory for testing the state of the art of current weapons systems and logistics, but we must not carry out a biased analysis or…
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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…
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry states that the frigate suffered damage in an October 2022 attack and was later affected again during operations against Novorossiysk. The…
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the future of certain weapon systems has been called into question from various sides, the tank among them. Despite all the doomsaying…
A platoon of Ukrainian soldiers issued an appeal to military leadership asking for help, saying they had spent more than four months without rotation on the front line,...
The statement does specify that the equipment intended for exhibitions will no longer be combat-capable and will be stripped of explosive components. Ukraine already uses…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. The shifting paradigms of modern warfare and global defense exports have introduced a startling new geopolitical dynamic,... The post Ukraine’s Fire…
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