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)"
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced on 6 April that its MQ-9B SeaGuardian has been selected to support the Japan Coast Guard’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Project. Coast Guard operations of… Continue reading "Japan Coast Guard Selects General Atomics SeaGuardian"
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) officially launched the United States Coast Guard’s (USCG) newest National Security cutter on April 2. USCGC Calhoun (WMSL-759) is the tenth Legend-Class National Security Cutter (NSC) built for the… Continue reading "Huntington Ingalls Launches 10th NSC for the Coast Guard"
The Italian Government and Leonardo signed the contract for the deliveries of a C-27J Spartan aircraft and assorted maintenance support to the government of Slovenia. Slovenia formally ordered a single C-27J last… Continue reading "Slovenia Reaches C-27J Milestone as Aussie Spartans Return from the Pacific"
Germany’s Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has approved another delivery of weapons to the Ukrainian army. The transfer is not from German stocks but is from a private vendor in the… Continue reading "Germany Clears Transfer of BMP-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine"
Reports suggest that Russia is repositioning troops from their northern axis to the south with elements of 20th Combined Arms Army and 1st Guards Tank Army are redeploying to support… Continue reading "Updates: War In Ukraine (31 March)"
Despite Russian assurances yesterday that they would reduce operations around Kyiv and the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv it appears that fighting in those areas has continued. The governor of… Continue reading "Updates: War In Ukraine (30 March)"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. This week saw Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continue and much of our… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (21-25 March)"
Aotearoa New Zealand’s Ambassador to the United States, H.E. Rosemary Banks, recently attended a keel-laying ceremony for New Zealand’s second P-8A Poseidon aircraft in Kansas. At the same facility in Whitka, the Ambassador also… Continue reading "Aotearoa New Zealand to receive new P-8A aircraft in December"
Initially, China’s attitude towards the invasion of Ukraine could best be described as tacit consent. While Beijing had maintained a neutral diplomatic stance abroad since the start of the invasion,… Continue reading "Editorial: China’s Shifting Stance on Ukraine"