On April 14, the Israeli Ministry of Defense reported that the Iron Beam laser air defense system developed by Elbit Systems and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems had been successfully tested.… Continue reading "Israel Successfully Tests Iron Beam Laser Air Defense System"
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)"
The Indian Army has issued a Request for Information (RfI) in order to procure about 150 ‘Canister Launched Anti-Armour Loiter Munitions’ (CALM). The CALM System will be employed by mechanised… Continue reading "India Seeks Loitering Munitions For Mortar Carriers"
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"
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistani army’s media arm, announced on April 9, that the Shaheen-III surface-to-surface ballistic missile had completed a successful flight test. The test’s details and video… Continue reading "Pakistan Conducts Successful Flight Test of The Shaheen-III Ballistic Missile"
In early April, the Biden administration asked its allies for the transfer of the Soviet era equipment to aid the Ukrainian effort in its war against the Russian Federation. This… Continue reading "Will Cyprus Send Its T-80s and BMP-3s To Ukraine?"
India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) booster on April 8. The test, conducted from the Integrated Test Range on India’s… Continue reading "DRDO Conducts Successful Test Of Solid Fueled Ducted Ramjet"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. This week we examined the latest Al Zubarah corvette launch, the Australian… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (4-8 April)"
While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to pose a threat to European security, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on April 4, that the sale of eight F-16… Continue reading "The US Approves Sale of 8 F-16 Fighter Jets To Bulgaria"
Germany’s coalition government has agreed to the procurement of missiles for Germany’s fleet of Heron-TP unmanned aerial vehicles, ahead of a meeting of the German parliament’s military budget committee. The… Continue reading "German Government Agrees On Drone Munition Procurement"