The Department of State has approved a potential sale of AIM 9X Block II missiles and AGM-154 Joint Stand-Off Weapons (JSOW) to the Government of Finland. Although the contents of… Continue reading "United States Approves Possible Sale of AIM-9X and AGM-154 JSOW Worth $323 Million to Finland"
Despite Ukraine’s requests the United States have been reluctant to provide the MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System or ATACMS. The ATACMS has a range of 190 miles or 300km and… Continue reading "Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb with 150km Range Proposed for Ukraine"
Another significant milestone has been reached in Turkey’s first domestic warplane project. On Wednesday, November 23, the TF-X (MMU in Turkish), Turkey’s future fighter jet, was moved to the Final… Continue reading "Turkey’s Domestic 5th Generation TF-X Fighter Jet Is On The Final Assembly Line"
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 some of the DefExpo 2022 premieres,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (14-18 November)"
On November 14, Elbit Systems announced that it had completed a $72 million sale of Hermes 900 UAVs and training capabilities to an unnamed customer. The Israeli company will provide… Continue reading "Elbit Systems To Export An Unspecified Number of Hermes 900 UAVs To An Unidentified Country"
The Indian Air Force (IAF) displayed two variants of its Surface to Air Missile for Assured Retaliation (SAMAR) system during the recent DefExpo 2022 held in October. SAMAR has been… Continue reading "DefExpo 2022: IAF Displays SAMAR Air Defence System"
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 North Korea missile tests and tensions,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (7-11 November)"
On 4 November, the Polish Minister of Defense, Mariusz Blaszczak, signed the first implementing agreement for the delivery of 218 K239 Chunmoo Multiple Launch Rocket System modules with Korean manufacturer… Continue reading "Poland Sings First Agreement For Over 200 K239 Chunmoo MLRS"
The North Korean regime has continued its bout of saber rattling and provocations by scrambling more of its military aircraft in the aftermath of joint U.S-South Korean and other allied… Continue reading "Missile Tests and Aircraft Scramble as Tensions Rise in Korea"
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 US F-15 replacement in the Far East,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (31 October – 4 November)"