The German defense ministry announced Thursday that it is procuring up to 82 new Airbus H145M helicopters, with some of the H145Ms to be armed as a replacement for the… Continue reading "Germany Selects Airbus H145M As New Light Attack Helicopter"
At the European Rotors 2023 expo in Madrid last week, the Lithuanian government signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters for three five-bladed H145 multi-purpose helicopters. This deal comes on the… Continue reading "Lithuania Orders Three H145 Helicopters From Airbus For Border Guard Service"
Airbus Defence and Space has detailed its plans for an electronic warfare version of the Eurofighter for the German Air Force, after the German parliamentary budget committee approved funding for… Continue reading "Airbus Details German Electronic Warfare Eurofighter Plans"
The Serbian Air Force (Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздухопловна одбрана Војске) received the first C-295 military transport aircraft from European aircraft manufacturer Airbus. The delivery in question took place under the… Continue reading "Serbian Air Force Receives The First C-295 Military Cargo Aircraft From Airbus"
Airbus announced on Monday that it had entered a new phase of development for the Future Combat Air System, with the development of flight demonstrators in Demonstrator Phase 1B now… Continue reading "Airbus Announces New Phase Of FCAS Demonstrator Development"
The United States State Department approved a possible sale of UH-60M Blackhawk helicopters to Australia on August 26, bringing the long-running MRH-90 saga a step closer to completion. In total, the… Continue reading "U.S Approves Sale of 40 Blackhawk Helicopters to Australia"
On 19 August at about 04:50 UTC, the Airbus Zephyr 8 High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) with serial number Z8-2 lost power over the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge near Yuma, Arizona,… Continue reading "Airbus Zephyr Crashes in Arizona"
Airbus recently announced at the Farnborough Air Show that its A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) has become the first tanker aircraft anywhere in the world to be certified for daylight… Continue reading "Airbus’ A330 MRTT Certified For Daylight Automatic In-Flight Refueling"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most exciting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue topics including the second hypersonic ARRW booster test,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (18-22 July)"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most exciting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover many topics including the observation of… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (27 June – 1 July)"