The Indian Navy announced today that its pilots carried out landing and take-off of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Navy (NP-2) on INS Vikrant. India has now demonstrated its capability… Continue reading "Naval Counterpart Of LCA Tejas Conducts Maiden Operations From INS Vikrant"
In an exclusive interview with a Tasnim News Agency reporter, Shahriar Haydari, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament, announced that the country… Continue reading "Iran To Receive Russian Sukhoi Su-35 Fighters Within 3 Months"
The Indian Air Force (IAF) held large-scale exercises with the French Air and Space Force (FASF) and the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) in October – November. The HAL… Continue reading "IAF Debuts HAL Tejas In Exercises With France, Singapore"
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 US F-15 replacement in the Far East,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (31 October – 4 November)"
On 6 October, 2022 the Korean People’s Army Air and Anti-Air Force conducted a large-scale aerial exercise filling the sky with their aircraft while under the watchful gaze of North… Continue reading "North Korean Leader Oversees Military Exercises in Response to US and ROK"
India is probing indigenous alternatives to Kamov Ka-31 airborne early warning helicopters. Earlier in 2022, the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) had put multiple proposals for imported equipment under review,… Continue reading "India Considering Indigenous Alternative To Ka-31 AEW Helicopters"
Poland’s Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak has announced that the first batch of Polish FA-50 pilots will be sent to South Korea to train on the light attack jet in November… Continue reading "Polish Pilots To Begin Training On FA-50 Light Attack Jets In November"
The 2022 edition of the Japan India Maritime Exercise 2022 (JIMEX2022) was conducted from September 11-17 in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. The sixth edition of the exercise,… Continue reading "Japan-India Maritime Exercise JIMEX 2022 Conducted With Nine Vessels and Aircraft"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant (R11) at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) on September 2. INS Vikrant will serve along with INS Vikramaditya (R33)… Continue reading "India’s First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant Commissioned Amidst Future Fighter and Carrier Deliberations"
The Slovak Ministry of Defense has delivered the first batch of Zuzana-2 155mm self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. Jaroslav Nad, Slovakia’s defense minister announced the transfer in a post on his… Continue reading "Slovakia Delivers First Four Zuzana-2 Self-Propelled Howitzers To Ukraine"