The Iranian Ministry of Defense has unveiled an upgraded version of the domestically produced Bavar-373 Air Defense system. They also announced the start of mass production of a new long-range… Continue reading "Iran Unveils New Sayyad 4B Missile Together with Upgraded Version Of Bavar-373 Air Defense System"
L3Harris Technologies recently unveiled three new Missile Defense and Warning satellite designs in a new company advertisement. The video depicts different satellite concepts each geared towards a specific threat environment.… Continue reading "L3Harris Showcases New Missile Warning Satellite Designs"
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"
The three FRANZ nations kicked off Exercise Tagata Toa 2022 last week in Kanaky New Caledonia. Throughout the exercise, the combined force will train and rehearse for a wide variety of regional contingency scenarios,… Continue reading "Aussie, French and Kiwi Troops Train in New Caledonia"
The Ukrainian government and military forces have shared a number of videos and images showing significant damage inflicted on Russian troops with Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2s during the war in Ukraine.… Continue reading "Russia Releases Footage of Drones Being Utilized in the War in Ukraine"