The US Army’s Program Executive Office Soldier announced on 14 October that it would be delaying operational testing of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System to May 2022, instead of starting… Continue reading "Army Delays IVAS Headset Operational Testing To May 2022"
The next-generation Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) has reached a major milestone in its development. The US Army feel it will offer a significant ‘survivability enhancement’ for the US Army’s… Continue reading "Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) Offers a Survivability Enhancement for the US Army’s Close Combat Force"
The Latvian Ministry of Defense has ordered the RBS 70 NG short-range air defense system (SHORAD) from Swedish defense giant Saab within the scope of the “State Defense Concept” launched… Continue reading "Latvia Expands Air Defenses with Saab RBS 70 NG"
On 11 February 2025, Microsoft Corp. and Anduril Industries, a leading defense technology company, announced a strategic partnership to advance the next phase of the U.S. Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation… Continue reading "Anduril Takes Over Microsoft’s $22 Billion US Army Headset Program"
Indian firm DACA War Trucks showcased its new Dawon All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) and revealed the development of two new combat vehicles during DefExpo 2022, held in October. The firm… Continue reading "DefExpo 2022: DACA War Trucks Showcases Dawon ATV, New Combat Vehicles"
U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Loss Carlson announced the upcoming arrival of U.S. Coast Guard cutter Midgett to the Philippines in the coming week. The Ambassador gave these remarks… Continue reading "U.S. Transfers Equipment to Philippine Coast Guard, As USCG Cutter Midgett Set to Visit"
L3Harris Technologies has announced that low rates initial production has begun on the new generation F-Pano night vision goggles under a contract to USSOCOM. The F-Pano or Fused Ground Panoramic… Continue reading "L3Harris Begins Production of F-Pano NVGs for USSOCOM and JSOC"
The Department of Defense has announced that Massachusetts-based FLIR Systems and Florida-based Leonardo DRS have been awarded a firm fixed price contracts worth over $500 million to provided Family of Weapons… Continue reading "US Army Awards $1 Billion in Contracts for Individual Thermal Weapon Sights"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. We welcome New Year with a raft of interesting articles focused on… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (3-7 January)"
In a move which the company described as ‘exciting’ the optics manufacturer EOTECH has acquired Intevac Inc’s Photonics business (Photonics), a California-based technology leader in cutting edge digital sensor systems.… Continue reading "EOTECH Acquires Night Vision Specialists Photonics"