Airbus Defence and Space has announced that the Republic of Kazakhstan is set to acquire two Airbus A400M transport aircraft, bringing to an end years of speculation about the Central Asian… Continue reading "Kazakhstan Set to Become Ninth A400M Operator"
Boeing has officially rolled out the Qatar Emiri Air Force’s first F-15QA, with the aircraft also officially dubbed “Ababil,” a reference to the protective ‘flock of birds’ mentioned in the… Continue reading "Boeing Officially Rolls Out Qatar’s F-15QA Ababil"
The United States Air Force has announced that it has successfully conducted two demonstrations during the first system-level flight tests of the Rapid Dragon program. The tests of the palletized… Continue reading "USAF Announces First System-Level Rapid Dragon Demonstrations"
The live fire tests of the first battery of the Iron Dome Defense System (IDDS-A) that the United States purchased from Israel were completed by the Israel Missile Defense Organization… Continue reading "US Army Tests Israeli Iron Dome System for the First Time"
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Pakistan’s National Engineering and Science Commission (NESCOM) have signed a contract for “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.” A collaboration agreement was signed between the two organizations at… Continue reading "TAI and NESCOM Sign A Contract For The Modernization Of Anka UAVs"
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 (16-20 August)"
The United States Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is resuming procurement efforts for its defensive hypersonic Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) program after a long pause that followed its… Continue reading "U.S. Missile Defense Agency Resumes Hypersonic Missile Defenses Effort"
Admiral Charles Richard, in charge of US Strategic Command (STRATCOM), spoke at the Space & Missile Defense Symposium last Thursday, where he highlighted the increasing danger China’s and Russia’s strategic… Continue reading "Strategic Command Chief Warns of Nuclear Threat Posed by China and Russia"
Japan’s State Minister of Defense Yasuhide Nakayama visited US Cyber Command on 9 August, where he met US Cyber Command chief General Paul Nakasone. The two defense officials discussed Cyber… Continue reading "US Cyber Command Visited by Japanese State Minister of Defense"
The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on 9 August, that British company In-Space Missions has secured a £9.5 Million (USD $13.1 Million) contract from the British Defense Science and… Continue reading "UK Invests £9.5 Million Into Military Satellite"