The world’s first 3D-printed rocket, Terran 1, took to the skies on 23 March and completed a full first-stage burn. Unfortunately, like the Japanese H3 flight earlier this month, the… Continue reading "Terran 1: Debut Launch of The World’s First 3D-Printed Rocket"
In recent days an unconfirmed report of a Belarussian partisan unit conducting a strike on Russian A-50U AWACS in Machulishchy was shared by various sources on social media. The Beriev… Continue reading "Beriev A-50U AWACS Returns To Russia For Repairs"
Last week, Iranian media published footage of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Aerospace Force’s ‘Gaza’ (Shahed-149) UAV in flight for the first time. The Gaza unmanned aerial vehicle, one of… Continue reading "Iran Releases First Test Flight Footage Of The Gaza (Shahed-149) UAV"
The Indian Air Force (IAF) held large-scale exercises with the French Air and Space Force (FASF) and the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) in October – November. The HAL… Continue reading "IAF Debuts HAL Tejas In Exercises With France, Singapore"
Following significant backlash over his threats to pull Starlink service in Ukraine, Elon Musk backtracked and promised to continue the service in the country. On 16 October, Musk tweeted: “The… Continue reading "Elon Musk Backtracks on Ukraine Starlink Statements"
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 Indonesia Rafale Contract, the Space Force’s… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (3-7 October)"
On 28 September, the United Kingdom announced a new project – a new £50 million ($56.4 million USD) “Defence Cyber Academy”. The academy will begin operations this year; it will… Continue reading "UK Launching New £50 Million Cyber Academy"
Each year on the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war, a military parade is held in Tehran, the capital of Iran, this year the parade took place despite ongoing domestic protests.… Continue reading "Iran Unveils A New Surface-to-Surface Ballistic Missile During Sacred Defense Week"
The commander of the United States Air Force’s Air Mobility Command announced on 19 September that it had cleared the KC-46A Pegasus tanker for worldwide operations, including combat operations. At… Continue reading "USAF Greenlights KC-46 Tanker Aircraft For All Operations"
At 11:01 PDT (06:01 UTC), Space Launch Delta 30 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California launched a Minotaur II+ missile from Test Pad 01, which then exploded 11 seconds later.… Continue reading "US Missile Launch Test Ends in Explosion"