A Royal Air Force (RAF) Atlas C1 (A400M) transport aircraft has been operationally refueled for the first time. RAF announced this on August 11 and stated that the operation was… Continue reading "RAF A400M Operationally Refueled For The First Time"
Malian Armed Forces announced on 9 August that it had officially taken possession of L-39C Albatros light combat aircraft, a CASA C-295 transport, Su-25 aircraft and helicopters, in a ceremony… Continue reading "Mali Inducts Multiple Aircraft And Helicopters"
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has announced that it plans to purchase the Embraer C-390M to replace its C-130H Hercules fleet. Secretary of State for Defense Christophe van der… Continue reading "Netherlands Selects Embraer C-390M To Replace C-130H Fleet"
The Iranian Ministry of Defense unveiled the domestically developed light transport aircraft dubbed Simorgh on Thursday, May 19, during a ceremony held at Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries (HESA) in Isfahan,… Continue reading "Iran Unveils Domestically Developed Simorgh Light Transport Aircraft"
The US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency announced on 18 May that it is kicking off a new project to develop advanced strategic and tactical airlift capability. The goal of… Continue reading "DARPA Announces Launch of the Liberty Lifter Program"
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 many topics including the newest TB2… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (9-13 May)"
On 3 May, the United States Marine Corps released its 2022 Aviation Plan – the first document of its kind since 2019 and the first since the Corps announced its… Continue reading "US Marine Corps Releases 2022 Aviation Plan"
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 focus on: NATO seeking a replacement for… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (11-15 April)"
A fleet of six Chinese Y-20 transport planes landed at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport early Saturday. It is believed that they delivered FK-3 anti-aircraft missile systems, the export version of… Continue reading "China Delivers Export Version Of HQ-22 Anti-Aircraft Missiles To Serbia"
The Turkish Air Force completed its fleet with the delivery of its tenth A400M military transport aircraft, which was part of a larger order for ten A400Ms. “Our 10th and… Continue reading "Turkey’s A400M Fleet is Now Complete"