Ukraine

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

A six-week turnaround for a UAS capability may become the new military standard.

Poland’s first aircraft, AZ-01, was rolled out in front of Polish politicians and senior air force figures at the company’s Fort Worth facility on Aug. 28.

Several aircraft from a batch delivered at the end of July were on display at an event and in online imagery marking Ukraine’s Air Force Day on Aug. 4.

France says it is has started work with Ukraine to help the beleaguered country build up its defense industrial base.

After months of preparation, Ukraine is about to receive its first batch of F-16s to help it battle Russia.

Ukraine’s airports are seeking financial support from the European Union (EU) and others as the country looks to partially re-open airspace.

Allies of NATO will sign a new defense industrial pledge during its annual summit this week in Washington.

Since its founding in 2019, Space Pioneer has raised more than $552.1 million over 15 financing rounds.

The signing of the agreement does not result in an immediate commencement of commercial flights.

Stockholm is transferring its remaining Saab ASC 890 aircraft to bolster Kyiv’s air defense capacity.

As Europe faces multiple potential axes of attack, more European countries might need to reconsider their ground-based air defense plans.

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

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

The move elevates a diverse grouping of drone units into the eight branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The world has not known much peace this century, but usually that has meant only good news for the aerospace and defense industry.

The five aircraft touched down at the Fetești air base near Constanta, Romania, on Nov. 7, ahead of the formal opening of the European F-16 Training Center.

Ukraine’s Antonov could be granted licensed production of the French-developed Aarok medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed aircraft system.

Numerous companies have agreed to joint production, technology exchange and component supply during Ukraine’s first Defense Industries Forum in Kyiv Sept. 30.

The Kiev-based carrier seeks to operate wet lease and charter flights in North America.

Reznikov leaves the role having secured the transfer of billions of dollars of military equipment and weaponry to Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion.

Lockheed is supporting the European effort to create a F-16 training school in Romania ahead of a potential transfer of F-16s to Ukraine.

A Ryanair delegation to Kyiv unveiled plans to invest rapidly in rebuilding Ukraine's aviation industry once the war ends.

France will provide Ukraine with MBDA-made Scalp missiles, which are essentially the same as the Storm Shadow missiles already transferred by the UK.

The Pentagon's Tiger Team has a series of recommendations to improve the process of foreign military sales.