Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. This week we examined new Pakistani ballistic missiles, deployment of Harry S.… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (29 November – 3 December)"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important news. As October continues, this week we’ve covered a variety of interesting news stories… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (18-22 October)"
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has added to its election platform a pledge to increase the nation’s defense spending to at least 2% of Japan’s gross national budget ahead of… Continue reading "Japan’s Ruling Party Pledges Doubled Defense Budget Ahead Of Elections"
Welcome back to the Weekend Briefing our regular round up of the week’s defense news. This week saw Japan’s Izumo undertake historic F-35B trials, USS Connecticut was involved in an… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (4-8 October)"
L3Harris announced on October 5 that it had been awarded a sole-source contract by the United States Air Force to modernize the electronic warfare system of the B-52 Stratofortress fleet.… Continue reading "L3Harris Awarded 10-Year Contract For B-52 Electronic Warfare Upgrades"
In July of 2021, the U.S. Air Force kicked off one of its largest exercises involving fifth-generation aircraft. The exercise, dubbed Pacific Iron, encompassed a large swathe of the Pacific,… Continue reading "Lessons From The PACAF’s Pacific Iron Exercise."
Welcome to another Weekend Briefing, where we round-up the week’s most important defense news and some of the stories that may have flown under the radar. This week at Overt… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (2-6 August)"
In a recent interview Vice Admiral Jon Hill, director of the Missile Defense Agency, discussed the current status of various programs within the Agency. During the interview, Hill discussed in… Continue reading "Defending Guam Against The Pacing Threats Of The Pacific"
The US Air Force has announced the first successful test detonation of the hypersonic AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon’s warhead. The test, which happened “recently”, was carried out by the… Continue reading "AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon Warhead Detonated For First Time"
On Friday, the Department of Defense (DoD) revealed details on the White House’s fiscal year 2022 Defense Budget request. With $715 billion for the DoD, and $753 billion when including… Continue reading "Biden’s $715 billion 2022 Defense Budget Proposal Revealed"