Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. Among many interesting subjects we covered this week we examined tensions between… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (13-17 December)"
The United Arab Emirates has withdrawn its letters of offer and acceptance for a $23.37 billion arms deal that would have seen the country purchase F-35As, MQ-9B Sky Guardians and… Continue reading "US Still Willing To Go Forwards With UAE F-35 Sale Despite Negotiation Impasse"
Highlighting geography and logistics, the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense reported to lawmakers that it is confident that a full-scale PRC invasion of the island would be very difficult for China… Continue reading "Taiwanese Ministry of Defense Assesses Chinese Invasion Would Be Very Difficult"
The New Zealand Ministry of Defence released its annual Defence Assessment on Wednesday. Titled “He Moana Pepuke E Ekengia E Te Waka” or “A Rough Sea Can Still Be Navigated”… Continue reading "Climate Change, Strategic Competition biggest threats to Aotearoa New Zealand: Ministry of Defence"
The Boeing-made MQ-25A Stingray has moved to aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on 2 December, marking the start of deck trials for the unmanned carrier-borne tanker. The aircraft dubbed,… Continue reading "MQ-25 To Begin Deck Trials Aboard USS George H.W. Bush"
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has warned that the possibility of an “unprecedented” full-year Continuing Resolution to keep the United States government funded through fiscal 2022 despite an impasse over… Continue reading "Secretary of Defense Austin: Yearlong Continuing Resolution Will Cause “Enormous” Damage To Defense Priorities"
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Other Transactional (OT) Agreements to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon Missiles and Defense for its Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI). The system is meant… Continue reading "MDA Selects Three Companies For Its Hypersonic Defense Missile"
The Republic of China Air Force officially took delivery of its first production Brave Eagle trainer on Monday, with the made-in-Taiwan advanced trainer arriving at Chihhang Air Base on Taiwan’s… Continue reading "Taiwanese Air Force Receives First Production Brave Eagle Trainer"
The Pakistani Army’s media branch, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), announced on November 25, that the Shaheen-1A surface-to-surface ballistic missile has successfully completed its flight test. The goal of the domestically… Continue reading "Pakistan Successfully Tests The Shaheen-1A Ballistic Missile"
Australia has deployed members of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Defence Force (ADF) to the Solomon Islands in response to increasing unrest in and around the nation’s capital, Honiara. Australia’s… Continue reading "Troops, Police from PNG & Australia land in The Solomon Islands"