The Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has called for the creation of an EU Army in a recent interview with Italian newspaper La Stampa. Tajani said this when citing the… Continue reading "Italian Foreign Minister Calls For EU Army"
A limited $50 million deal has been signed between BAE Systems and the U.S. Army for an Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) for the production of M777 lightweight howitzer major structures.… Continue reading "BAE Systems Agree Deal for M777 For US Army"
The first M2A2 Bradley ODS (Operation Desert Storm) infantry fighting vehicle shipment through the US Excess Defense Articles (EDA) program has been successfully received by the Croatian Armed Forces. This… Continue reading "Croatia Receives First Batch of M2A2 Bradley ODS Infantry Fighting Vehicles"
Boeing announced last week in a press release that it had begun production of the first AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for Morocco. Production at Boeing’s Mesa plant in Arizona began… Continue reading "Boeing Begins Production of The First AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters For Morocco"
Estonian manufacturer Milrem Robotics has unveiled a new UGV (Unmanned Ground Vehicle). Which utilizes their THeMIS UGV along with the HITROLE Light Remote Weapon Station, developed by Italian aerospace, defense,… Continue reading "Milrem Robotics Introduce New Combat UGV with Leonardo RWS"
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)"