At the Farnborough Airshow in the UK, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) General Manager Prof. Dr. Temel Kotil confirmed the export of T129B ATAK attack helicopters to Nigeria. In an interview… Continue reading "Turkish Aerospace Industries To Supply Six T-129 ATAK Helicopters To Nigeria"
On February 6, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) put into service the first two T129 ATAK Attack Helicopters procured from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) at a ceremony held at the… Continue reading "Nigerian Air Force Puts Its First Two T129 ATAK Attack Helicopters Into Service"
The T929 Heavy Duty Attack Helicopter prototype, developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) as part of the ATAK-2 Project initiated by the Turkish Defense Industry Agency, successfully completed its first… Continue reading "Turkey’s Heavy Duty T929 ATAK-2 Attack Helicopter Takes Off For The First Time"
Lieutenant General Allen Paredes, the commander of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), said on 23 November, that the first batch of six T129 “ATAK” attack helicopters will arrive in the… Continue reading "Philippines To Receive First Turkish ATAK Helicopter In December"
ROKETSAN, one of Turkey’s leading defense industry companies, unveiled the BURÇ mobile air defense system, which it developed against unmanned aerial vehicles and loitering munitions, which have recently begun to… Continue reading "IDEF 2023: ROKETSAN Unveils The Short-Range BURÇ Mobile Air Defense System"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most exciting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover a multitude of topics including the Polish-Korean… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (25-29 July)"
The Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced that a cargo ship delivered a batch of T-72 tanks, BMP-1 IFVs, and various munitions ordered under a $245 million contract signed in June… Continue reading "Iraq Receives T-72 Main Battle Tanks and BMP-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicles From Bulgaria"
During a recent Pakistani Army press conference it seemingly emerged that a contract with Turkey for attack helicopters had been abandoned. The sudden decision goes back on a 2018 contract… Continue reading "Is Pakistan Abandoning its Attack Helicopter Deal with Turkey?"
This week was very busy at Overt Defense. We covered a range of topics, ranging from the conflict in Israel to new technology developments including the palletization of JASSMs and… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (17-21 May)"
In a statement to the press on 7 December 2018, Philippine Defense Minister Delfin Lorenzana said that the T-129 ATAK Attack and Tactical Reconnaissance Helicopter developed by the Turkish Aviation… Continue reading "The US Approves The Sale of Attack Helicopters from Turkey to the Philippines"