MBDA has announced the signing of an agreement with nine companies of the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) to use MBDA’s Brimstone anti-tank guided missile for PGZ’s OTTOKAR-BROZA tank destroyer project… Continue reading "Polish Armanents Group Selects Brimstones For Tank Destroyer Project"
Video of what appears to be a test launch of Brimstone in Ukraine has surfaced online. A containerised launch platform can be seen launching a salvo of three missiles. The… Continue reading "Footage: Brimstone Missiles Deployed in Ukraine"
Rheinmetall’s Mission Master XT unmanned ground vehicle made its United Kingdom debut at Defence and Security Equipment International 2021, equipped with a Brimstone missile launcher as part of an all-new… Continue reading "DSEI 2021: Rheinmetall Debuts Brimstone-Armed Mission Master XT UGV"
At DSEI 2019 the Estonian UGV THeMIS, produced by Milrem, is being shown off in 4 different configurations. The most radical of these is the installation of a 6 round… Continue reading "DSEI 2019: THeMIS equipped with Brimstone"
Rheinmetall revealed a new fire support option for its Mission Master XT unmanned ground vehicle at Eurosatory 2022, with a new launcher module for the HERO-120 loitering munition system. The… Continue reading "Eurosatory 2022: Rheinmetall Introduces Loitering Munition-Armed Mission Master XT UGV"
While the US decision to transfer M142 HIMARS to Ukraine will undoubtedly overshadow Sweden’s latest Ukrainian aid announcement the Swedish package is significant. At a joint press conference earlier today… Continue reading "Sweden To Provide Robot 17 Missiles to Ukraine"
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 many topics including Sweden and Finland’s… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (16-20 May)"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover many topics including the newest TB2… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (9-13 May)"
At Overt Defense we have covered a multitude of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) and Robotic Combat Vehicles (RCV) that are gradually being adopted for various roles by militaries around the… Continue reading "Milrem Robotics New Type-X Robotic Combat Vehicle Moves Drones Into the Heavyweight Division"
In July, the Defence Secretary – Ben Wallace – announced the contract for the first three Protector ‘Remotely Piloted Air System’ (RPAS) whilst at the Air and Space Power Conference.… Continue reading "UK Signs Contract for First Protector Drones"