The Indian Army has turned to private industry this August to ask for support in providing ammunition to its soldiers for the next 10 years according to a request for… Continue reading "Indian Army Asks Private Firms to Meet the Next Decades Ammunition Requirements"
The programme to acquire new helicopters for Australia’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) has taken a step forward with the issue of a Request For Proposals (RFP) for LAND 2097 Phase… Continue reading "RFP Issued for New Australian Special Forces Helo"
The Japanese Minister of Defense, Taro Kono, stated on 31 July that the Ministry of Defense was looking into the drafting of a framework agreement for international collaboration for the… Continue reading "Development of F-2 Replacement To Emphasize Freedom Of Modification"
The government of Lebanon has declared a two week state of emergency in Beirut, following a massive explosion in the Port of Beirut on Tuesday. The declaration places the Lebanese… Continue reading "State of Emergency In Beirut After Port Explosion"
The United Kingdom Parliament’s Select Committee for Defence has announced it’s opening an inquiry into the British Army’s approach to delivering its armoured vehicle capability. There is clearly frustration with… Continue reading "Is the British Army’s Approach to Armour Right?"
For the first time ever unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flew safety overwatch in support of search and rescue (SAR) missions for the British Coastguard (HMCG) over the weekend of 1/2… Continue reading "British Coastguard Flying Search and Rescue UAVs for First Time"
Last month Overt Defense reported on the Polish Army’s effort to replace their Soviet-era ZSU-23-4 self propelled anti-aircraft guns (SPAAG). Known as the Sona program the objective is a vehicle… Continue reading "SPAAG Based on K9 Chassis Proposed to Polish Army"
Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Israeli-based defense technology company RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems have signed a joint venture to establish an Iron Dome Weapon System production facility in the United… Continue reading "Raytheon and RAFAEL to Establish U.S.-based Iron Dome Production"
The defence suppliers’ body ADS Group put a call out in June on behalf of General Dynamics (GDUK) for ‘capability growth experiments’ for the AJAX Armoured Fighting Vehicle. Clearly always… Continue reading "General Dynamics Makes Innovation Call for AJAX AFV"
The first examples of the Australian Direct Fire High Survivability Lift (DFHSL) Block One Mission Module for the Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRV) have arrived in Australia according to DTR… Continue reading "First Boxer Mission Modules with Lance Turrets Arrive in Australia"