On Friday a Russian airstrike in Syria’s rebel-held northeastern Idlib region killed seven civilians, including four children from the same family. 13 other civilians, including eight children, were injured in… Continue reading "Russian Airstrike On Syrian Village Kills Four Children"
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 topics including the second hypersonic ARRW booster test,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (18-22 July)"
The second offshore patrol vessel (OPV) of the Musherib Class, built by the Italian shipyard Fincantieri, has been delivered to the Qatar Emiri Navy (QENF). Vice Admiral Enrico Credendino, head… Continue reading "Fincantieri Delivers Second Musherib Class Offshore Patrol Vessel to Qatar"
Raytheon Missiles & Defense has delivered the first of three SPY-6(V)3 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) arrays to be fitted on the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-78). The Raytheon-built… Continue reading "Raytheon Delivers SPY-6(V)3 Array for Future USS John F. Kennedy."
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to upgrade its fleet of older Mi-17 helicopters. The medium lift helicopters will be upgraded with new avionics and Electronic Warfare (EW) suites.… Continue reading "IAF To Upgrade Mi-17s With EW Suites, Looks For Vehicle Mounted GPS Jammers"
The Royal Moroccan Air Force has ordered a fleet of H135 helicopters for use in military primary training missions, according to a statement made by helicopter manufacturer Airbus at the… Continue reading "Royal Moroccan Air Force Orders A Fleet of H135 Light Utility Helicopters From Airbus"
The Gökdoğan beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, developed by TÜBİTAK SAGE as a part of the GÖKTUĞ Project, has successfully completed another test-fire. Turkish Defense Industry President İsmail Demir posted footage of… Continue reading "Turkey’s First Beyond-Visual-Range Air-to-Air Missile Gökdoğan Successfully Test-Fired"
The United States Air Force revealed on July 7, that the Air National Guard had conducted a test launch of an AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) from a “pre-block”… Continue reading "Air National Guard Performs First JASSM Test Launch From “Pre-Block” F-16"
On Wednesday, July 13, the French company Naval Group announced that construction of the second FDI Belharra (Defence and Intervention Frigate / Frégate de Défense et d’Intervention) for the Greek… Continue reading "Naval Group Begins Construction of Greece’s 2nd FDI Belharra class Frigate"
The military junta governing Mali announced on Wednesday that it was expelling Olivier Salgado, spokesman for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, over a series of tweets… Continue reading "Mali Expels UN Peacekeeping Mission Spokesman Over Tweets"