India’s Ministry of Defence granted Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for acquisition proposals of the armed forces amounting to ₹28,732 crore ($3.56 billion). This was decided in a Defence Acquisition Council… Continue reading "India To Procure Guided Pinaka Rockets, Carbines And Drone Swarms"
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)"
HMAS Sydney (DDG 42) arrived in the Port of Manila on July 13. The ship visited for two days as a part of a scheduled port visit. The Philippine Navy… Continue reading "Australian AEGIS Destroyer Visits Manila"
India’s defence budget for 2022-23 had allocated a record amount of $6.19 billion for capital procurement by the Indian Navy, with an eye on attaining the planned fleet strength of… Continue reading "The Next Generation: An Overview Of Indian Navy’s Surface Fleet Plans"
Naval Forces Central of the Philippine Navy participated, alongside other agencies, in Exercise Kadagatan 2022. The multi-agency exercise took place between July 4 to 8, with the main event of… Continue reading "The Philippines Conducts Multi-Agency Maritime Security Exercise Kadagatan 2022"
The mayor of Kanoya, Shigeru Nakanishi, has announced his intent to allow 150 to 200 U.S. service personnel and eight MQ-9 Reaper UAVs deploy to the local Japanese Maritime Self-Defense… Continue reading "Kanoya Mayor Approves MQ-9 Reaper Deployment"
According to the Central News Agency of Taiwan, the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy’s first indigenous attack submarine is scheduled to be launched next September and is “eight to ten… Continue reading "Taiwan To Launch First Domestic Submarine Next September"
On 8 July an F/A-18E aircraft was blown overboard from the deck of CVN 75 USS Harry S. Truman. US Navy issued a statement on the incident on Sunday. The… Continue reading "One of USS Harry S. Truman’s F/A-18 Super Hornets Blown Overboard"
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 many topics including General Dynamics winning US… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (4-8 July)"