Ukraine war

War in Ukraine

By Tony Osborne
British intelligence-gathering flights over the Black Sea region were suspended following the incident on Sept. 29, which occurred in international airspace.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
NATO nations are heeding air defense lessons from Ukraine and preparing to invest in their ground-based surface-to-air defenses.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Steadfast Noon usually passes with little public acknowledgement as it exercises NATO’s nuclear deterrent, but this year the drills appear to have grown.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
France, Spain and the UK have committed to supplying additional air defense equipment to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
A group of 15 nations led by Germany have signed an initiative to strengthen European ground-based air defense capabilities.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Eurocontrol says FRA should now be rolled out by 2024, leading to improved efficiencies.
Defense

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. and international partners are focused on providing an integrated air defense system to help Ukraine protect itself, in light of a barrage of Russian military attacks this week and the long-term need for Kyiv to build up its forces.
AUSA

By Tony Osborne
“We know, and Russian commanders on the ground know, that their supplies and munitions are running out," the director says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The action comes despite recent market turmoil that plunged the pound to near parity with the U.S. dollar.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
For aid to Ukraine, the industry has struggled to ramp up production despite Pentagon funding.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Iranian loitering munitions and drones may be filling in for Russian combat aircraft and guided missiles in Moscow’s war against Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
U.S. officials outlined 11 capabilities that will be delivered to Kyiv over the next six to 24 months.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
European countries are beefing up security around their oil and gas facilities after the European Union and the Danish and Swedish governments declared the damage caused to both Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea as sabotage.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By David Casey
Destinations in Russia and Saudi Arabia are set to be new points for Air Arabia Abu Dhabi and Air Arabia Egypt respectively.
Airports & Networks

By Brian Everstine
Two new-build Kongsberg and Raytheon National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) will arrive in Ukraine within the next two months.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Kyiv’s government has decided to strip the Iranian ambassador of his accreditation after Iranian loitering munitions purchased by Russia began striking targets in Ukraine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
A bipartisan group of senators want the Pentagon to have more authority in managing industry production lines for critical munitions, with the aid to Ukraine highlighting potential shortages in the industrial base.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Military acquisition leaders from more than 40 nations are scheduled to meet Sept. 28 to determine how to provide Ukraine with long-term support.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Personnel at the Russian defense conglomerate are working overtime to meet demand.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Finnair expects to complete upgrades on most of its long-haul cabins by the second half of 2023, as it changes strategy and adapts to the closure of Russian airspace’s effect on its previously Asia-focused long-haul network.
Airlines & Lessors

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. and NATO are looking at a new approach to fighter deployments in Eastern Europe.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The integration enabled the Ukrainian Air Force to take offline Russian air defenses in a surprisingly short timeline.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Ukraine’s air force has transitioned to using road runways to disperse and protect its fast jet operations in the country’s war with Russia.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
After years of dither and delay, Poland has selected the Apache attack helicopter, but strategies for other acquisitions remain clouded.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The assistance raises the Biden administration’s overall financial commitment to Ukraine’s defense to about $15.2 billion.
Budget, Policy & Operations