Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. We welcome New Year with a raft of interesting articles focused on… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (3-7 January)"
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 Australian Defence Force will replace its entire fleet of 47 MRH-90 Taipan multirole helicopters a decade ahead of schedule, replacing the troubled helicopters with new American-made Black Hawk and… Continue reading "Australia To Ditch Taipan Helicopters For Black Hawks and Seahawks"
Belgium’s Air Force retired its final two Alouette III light utility helicopters on July 8. Their official retirement followed a final flight from their home base of Koksijide Air Base… Continue reading "Belgium’s Air Force Retires Its Alouette III Utility Helicopters"
A preliminary report by the Belgian Ministry of Defence on the continuing manhunt for Jürgen Conings says that the ministry has spent €650,000 ($774,000~) in its search for the 46… Continue reading "€650,000 Spent As Belgian Manhunt Continues Into Second Month"
The German Army has grounded its fleet of Tiger attack helicopters after the manufacturer, Airbus, issued a warning regarding parts failure. The parts in question were titanium bolts in the… Continue reading "Germany Grounds Tiger Attack Helicopter Fleet"
The Deutsche Marine have selected the NH90 NATO Frigate Helicopter, built by NHIndustries. The French helicopter manufacturer will supply as many as 31 NH90s to replace Germany’s fleet of Sea… Continue reading "German Navy Selects Sea Lion to Replace Sea Lynx"
The Marine Nationale (French Navy) received its newanti-submarine FREMM frigate FS Normandie (D-651) from Naval Group, on 16 July, in a ceremony in Brest. The frigate was launched in February… Continue reading "French Navy Receives FREMM Frigate “Normandie”"
The French Air Force is considering procuring an undisclosed number of US-made CH-47 Chinook tandem-rotor heavy-lift helicopters, French magazine ‘Challenges’ reported. Chief reporter of Challenges, Vincent Lamigeon, was able to… Continue reading "French Air Force Considering Purchase of CH-47 Chinook Helicopters"
Qatar received its first batch of 5 Rafale fighter jets built by France's Dassault Systems on May 5th, the Qatari Ministry of Defense announced.