On 7 June, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced it has concluded its Mobile Force Protection (MFP) Program with a successful demonstration at Eglin Air Force Base. … Continue reading "DARPA Successfully Demonstrates New Anti-Drone System"
Oshkosh Defense has been awarded a $942.9 million contract by U.S. Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal for the integration of its 30MM Medium Caliber Weapon System (MCWS) onto the… Continue reading "Oshkosh Defense Selected To Supply Stryker MCWS 30mm Turrets"
As part of wide-scale and on-going efforts to expand India’s domestic defense production capabilities, the Indian government announced a new “positive indigenization list” of 108 defense items which cannot be… Continue reading "India Expands Indigenization Efforts With 108-Item Import Ban List"
A busy week saw us, here at Overt Defense, covering interesting news from all over the World. WeekeThis week we examined a number of equipment transfers including JF-17 fighters to… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (24-28 May)"
The Serbian Armed Forces finally received their batch of 30 T-72M1s and 30 BRDM-2 APCs on the 21 May. This is the result of the mutual agreement signed between the… Continue reading "From Russia With Love – MBTs and APCs Delivered to Serbia"
The Polish Remote Turret System ZSSW-30 underwent successful winter trials back in 2020. At the end of April the Huta Stalowa Wola, manufacturer of the ZSSW-30 system, published a video… Continue reading "ZSSW-30 Remote Turret ATGM Launch Trials Successful and Declassified"
Following a bilateral decision made in February to withdraw troops from the area, the Indo-Chinese border conflict has quieted down recently. Nevertheless, recent training exercises and new weapon deliveries to… Continue reading "New Chinese Activity Near Border with India"
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has publically announced the confirmation that the US State Department has approved the export of a package of armoured platforms destined for the… Continue reading "Australia Buying M1A2 SEPv3 Tanks, new Drones and Chinooks"
The Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher System from MKEK was incorporated into BMC’s VURAN 4×4 Tactical Wheeled Vehicle. Prof. Dr. İsmail Demir, President of the Defense Industry, shared the news on… Continue reading "Turkey Successfully Test Fires MRLS Integrated With The VURAN"
This week at Overt Defense we took a closer look at the Mi-35 downed in Burma, the shocking testimony of ex-Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher and trials of new supersonic cruise… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (3-7 May)"