On October 18, Pakistan conducted a successful flight test of the Ababeel surface-to-surface medium-range ballistic missile, which can carry nuclear and conventional warheads. The launch was observed by chairman of… Continue reading "Pakistan Conducts Ababeel Ballistic Missile Flight Test"
On 5 October, the US Army announced that over the last two weeks of September it had finalized a large number of contracts related to artillery shell production. The total… Continue reading "US Army Commits $1.5 Billion Towards Artillery Round Production"
Embraer, a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, has delivered the sixth aircraft in the C-390 Millennium Multi-Mission Medium Transport Aircraft Project to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). This C-390 was the first to… Continue reading "The Brazilian Air Force Receives Its Sixth C-390 Millennium Military Tactical Transport Aircraft"
Japan’s long-awaited next-generation hydrogen-powered launch vehicle, the H3, had its debut test flight on 7 March. The first stage which hosts the brand-new LE-9 engines performed perfectly, meeting all test… Continue reading "Japan Dumps $280 Million Satellite in the Pacific Ocean"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing, this is where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s edition, we look at HIMARS procurement in Europe,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (20-24 February)"
The Indian Navy announced today that its pilots carried out landing and take-off of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Navy (NP-2) on INS Vikrant. India has now demonstrated its capability… Continue reading "Naval Counterpart Of LCA Tejas Conducts Maiden Operations From INS Vikrant"
DARPA announced on January 17 that it has selected Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company, to move into the detailed design phase of the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel… Continue reading "DARPA CRANE Program Contract for Active Flow Controlled X-Plane Awarded to Boeing’s Aurora Flight Sciences"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing, this is where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s edition, we cover Canada’s F-35 procurement, the… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (9-13 January)"
The Russian arms industry is extremely important to Russia as it underpins both Russia’s hard power capabilities and makes up a significant part of the Federation’s economy. According to one… Continue reading "The Future of Russian Arms Exports"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s first Weekend Briefing of the year. This is where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover Japan’s… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (2-6 January)"