Russia

It’s been a big year for United Launch Alliance, the Lockheed Martin- and Boeing-owned joint venture that has been remaking itself for the commercial space age.

Pobeda has become the first Russian commercial airline included in the U.S. Treasury’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN).

Earlier this year, NASA announced a rescheduling of the Artemis II and Artemis III missions.

The green aircraft carrying serial number MSN97001 headed west after completing flight-testing with manufacturer UAC that began in August 2023.

French President Emmanuel Macron has hinted at the creation of a new European defense initiative around providing stronger air and missile defense for Europe.

Italy has joined the effort to supply long-range air-launched cruise missiles to Ukraine, UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has revealed.

Finnair has halted flights to an Estonian airport due to Russian satellite navigation jamming interfering with the airport’s landing approach.

Located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, Elista International Airport is the farthest of the closed airports from the Ukrainian border.

The first flight of the new import-substituted version of Russia’s MC-21 narrowbody airliner will take place by June 30, according to the CEO of Yakovlev.

The industry is in a different place than during the Cold War and has a major war at its backdoor.

Early in the spacewalk, the two cosmonauts were working more than 2 hr. ahead of schedule and urging Russian flight controllers to plan a third spacewalk for them.

The Philippines has become the first importer of the Russo-Indian BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missile.

The Pentagon is surging a major $1 billion tranche of aid to Ukraine.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to raise UK defense spending to the equivalent of 2.5% of GDP.

All the data relating to the region’s top airlines, airports, routes and markets during the second quarter of the year.

Born in Ukraine in April 1952, Kvochur joined the Soviet armed forces in the early 1970s.

The primary purpose of the new joint program is to serve as a replacement for the L-410 twin-turboprop, production of which was suspended in 2022.

Russia’s largest carriers are starting to introduce locally developed software to help maintain their Western-made airliners.

A U.S. government pressure campaign has yet to produce visible results for Russia to drop alleged plans to eventually launch a co-orbital space weapon.

Russia has restored its capability for high-resolution Earth mapping with the recent launch of the new Resurs-P observation satellite.

Local certification of the new Russian-built Il-114-300 is now planned for the end of 2025, with first delivery scheduled for 2026.

Finland's Traficom said Russian ownership and control of the leisure airline means operations would not be permissible under the EU sanctions regulation.

Japan’s Smart Lander For Investigating Moon spacecraft has survived a second lunar night.

The Russian Air Force’s use of glide bombs is adding to the country’s fires advantage against Ukraine.

Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 crew transport successfully docked with the International Space Station on March 25.