Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine many nations have been providing military aid to Ukraine with a large number of different vehicles transferred to the Ukrainian military. In a video posted… Continue reading "Ukraine Receives Turkish-Made BMC Kirpi 4×4 Mine-Resistant Armored Vehicles"
Azerbaijan continues to receive MEMATT Mechanical Mine Clearing Vehicles from ASFAT, a company affiliated to the Turkish Ministry of Defense. According to the contract between the Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense… Continue reading "Turkey Delivers 13 MEMATT Mine Clearance Vehicles To Azerbaijan"
Oshkosh Defense announced on Tuesday that it had delivered the first Stryker Double-V Hull Infantry Carrier Vehicle upgraded with the company’s 30mm Medium Caliber Weapon System (MCWS) to the U.S.… Continue reading "Oshkosh Delivers First Medium Caliber Weapon System Stryker For Army Evaluation"
Spanish defense minister Margarita Robles said on Tuesday that Madrid had abandoned its plans to donate surplus Spanish Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks to Ukraine, as inspections had found the… Continue reading "Mothballed Spanish Leopard 2A4s “Unusable” For Donation To Ukraine"
The Polish Minister of Defense, Mariusz Blaszczak, has confirmed that Poland will procure more M1 Abrams tanks. The statement comes as Poland embarks on a huge arms deal, which includes… Continue reading "Poland To Field Older M1A1 Abrams Tanks"
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 a multitude of topics including the Polish-Korean… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (25-29 July)"
Polish Deputy Prime Minister Mariusz Błaszczak formally signed a framework agreement with the South Korean government on Wednesday for the procurement of K2 main battle tanks, K9 self-propelled howitzers and… Continue reading "Poland Officially Signs South Korean Arms Deal – Deliveries To Start This Year"
The Polish government has confirmed that it is in talks with South Korea for a wide-ranging series of arms procurements, saying that it expects contracts formalizing the procurements to be… Continue reading "Poland: Korean Arms Buy Contract Signings Expected"
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)"
General Dynamics Land Systems announced on 13 July, that it had been contracted to procure Trophy Ready Kits for the United States Army’s fleet of M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks.… Continue reading "General Dynamics Contracted To Procure M1A2 Trophy Ready Kits"