The Indian Navy is set to embark on a large expansion plan with 50 warships under construction of the 66 contracted. 50 warships are at various stages of construction, varying… Continue reading "Indian Navy On its Way to a Million Tonne – 50 Ships Under Construction"
India has proceeded with defence acquisitions worth about $10 billion in March. The approval spree at the end of the financial year saw contracts signed for HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft… Continue reading "India’s Defence Acquisition Counil Greenlights New Acquisitions Worth $10 Billion"
An Indian Navy submarine docked in Indonesia from 22-24 February for the first time ever. The submarine arrived in Jakarta after transiting through the Sunda Strait. Meanwhile, India reaffirmed cooperation… Continue reading "Indian Submarine Conducts First Ever Port Call In Indonesia"
India and Japan are bolstering defense ties by increasing interactions between their air and land counterparts. The first ever bilateral air exercise ‘Veer Guardian 2023’ between the Indian Air Force… Continue reading "India-Japan Bilateral Exercise Bolsters Air Force Cooperation, Fourth Bilateral Army Exercise Announced"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing, this is where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s edition, we cover Canada’s F-35 procurement, the… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (9-13 January)"
On November 30, Egypt’s state owned Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) signed a cooperation agreement with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) for manufacturing of training aircraft in Egypt. The cooperation is… Continue reading "Egypt’s AOI Signs Cooperation Agreement With Korea’s KAI For Local Production Of Aircraft"
The Indian Navy (IN) accepted delivery of the second Visakhapatnam class destroyer Mormugao (D67) on November 24. The Project-15B destroyer was built by Mazagon Docks Limited (MDL) and designed by… Continue reading "Indian Navy Accepts Delivery Of Second Visakhapatnam Class Destroyer ‘Mormugao’"
Yesterday, Manila received a major boost to its air defense capabilities with the delivery of Israeli surface-to-air missile systems. The Philippine Air Force received two SPYDER Philippine Air Defense System… Continue reading "Philippine Air Force Receives Israeli Air Defense Systems"
News on the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ intent to participate in exercises in Japan as well as the deployment of the U.S. Army’s new Multi-Domain Task Force to joint… Continue reading "AUSA 2022: Philippines to Enhance Military Cooperation with US, Japan in 2023 via Exercises"
The Philippine Navy’s Maritime Unmanned Aerial Reconnaissance Squadron 71 began its first-ever deployment after a year of training last month on August 9. Founded in 2020 and based at Naval… Continue reading "Philippine Navy Drone Squadron Deploys For The First Time"