Ukraine’s President Zelensky visited London today and took the opportunity to call on the United Kingdom to provide combat aircraft. But what can the UK provide? President Zelensky addressed the… Continue reading "UK To Explore Transfer of Fighter Jets To Ukraine"
The “sekrit dokuments” meme which has grown from multiple leaks of classified and confidential documents on the forums of the well-known War Thunder multiplayer game has once again lived up… Continue reading "Su-57 And MiG-29 Secret Data Leaked on Online Game Forum"
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)"
The United States Navy awarded Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems, Inc. a $15.5 million contract to provide two new XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicles on December 30, 2022. This news comes… Continue reading "US Navy Purchases XQ-58A Valkyrie"
Throughout December, an Australian delegation including Defense Mnister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong has been visiting capitals across the Pacific. This included trips to the US and Japan… Continue reading "American and Japanese Deployments to Australia to be Expanded"
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 cover Kizelma’s maiden flight, Slovakia obtaining BAE System’s… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (12-16 December)"
The U.S. Navy carried out the fourth successful flight test of the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER) on the 30 November. The test firing of the Northrop… Continue reading "Northrop Grumman And U.S. Navy Conduct Fourth AARGM-ER Test Firing"
On the 1 November, eight U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles took off from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa for the last time. These eight F-15C Eagles belong to the 44th and… Continue reading "First Batch Of F-15Cs Leave Okinawa"
Another significant milestone has been reached in Turkey’s first domestic warplane project. On Wednesday, November 23, the TF-X (MMU in Turkish), Turkey’s future fighter jet, was moved to the Final… Continue reading "Turkey’s Domestic 5th Generation TF-X Fighter Jet Is On The Final Assembly Line"
The Hellenic Air Force (HAF) has received a further two Rafale fighter jets from France. Images of the new aircraft were published in a post on the Hellenic Air Force’s… Continue reading "The Hellenic Air Force Receives Two More Rafale Fighter Jets From France"