On the 11 January, during his visit to the city of Lviv, the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, announced the decision to grant the transfer of ten Leopard 2 Main… Continue reading "Breaking: Poland Ready To Transfer Leopard 2 Tanks To Ukraine"
This week both Australia and Romania have confirmed the procurement of Kongsberg-Raytheon’s Naval Strike Missiles (NSM). Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace signed a contract worth over $500 million with the… Continue reading "Australia & Romania Opt For Naval Strike Missiles"
Following a phone conference on Thursday afternoon, between President Biden and Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the United States and Germany have signalled their intention to supply Ukraine with Bradley and Marder… Continue reading "Ukraine to Receive US Bradley and German Marder IFVs"
The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court has ruled against C.G. Haenel’s appeal against the courts earlier decision that Haenel had infringed on Heckler & Koch’s patents. A statement was released by the… Continue reading "German Court Rules Haenel Must Recall & Destroy CR223s"
The “Impeccable” and “Illustrious,” the second and third vessels in a series of four Type 218SG submarines built for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) by German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine… Continue reading "TKMS Launches New Type 218SG Submarines Named ‘Impeccable’ and ‘Illustrious’ For Singapore"
On 15 December, just before 8 AM local time, an explosion rocked Poland’s national police headquarters. This was reportedly caused by a RGW-90 rocket launcher which the head of Poland’s… Continue reading "Polish National Chief of Police Fires Anti-Tank Missile Through the Floor of his Office"
On December 14, 2022, the Czech Ministry of Defense signed a new contract with the French company Nexter Systems to purchase ten additional CAESAR self-propelled howitzers. The contract, signed by… Continue reading "Czech Republic Orders 10 Additional CAESAR Howitzers From French Nexter Systems"
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 US Department of Defense has announced that US forces in Europe will expand the training provided to Ukrainian troops. Pentagon Press Secretary Brigadier General Patrick Ryder announced that training… Continue reading "US to Expand Training of Ukrainian Troops"
The United States have been training Ukrainian personnel on a plethora of equipment large and small for months. Everything from small UAVs up to M777 howitzers and M142 HIMARS. The… Continue reading "United States Has Trained More Than 3,000 Ukrainians on Everything from Drones to HIMARS"