Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. This week saw Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continue and much of our… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (14-18 March)"
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that a video circulating on social media of a U.S. Navy F-35C just before an apparent impact with the USS Carl Vinson’s flight deck, as… Continue reading "U.S. Navy Confirms Authenticity Of F-35C Crash Video, Photograph"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. We continue reporting on the current tensions between Russia and Ukraine, but… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (24-28 January)"
Two Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), USS Jackson and USS Charleston, visited Philippine ports on 20 and 24 January respectively. These visits follow the various exercises, notably the 27th annual Cooperation… Continue reading "Littoral Combat Ships Visit Manila & Subic Bay"
The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, with “increased indigenous content and improved performance”, was successfully test-fired on 20 January, 2022. The launch was conducted by BrahMos Aerospace along with the Defence… Continue reading "BrahMos Missile With ‘Enhanced Capability’ Successfully Test-fired By India"
On 6 January, two United States Navy (USN) fast-jets touched down at Palau’s main international airport. The aircraft, an E/A-18G Growler of VAQ-136 and a F/A-18E Super Hornet of VFA-113,… Continue reading "USN Jets Visit Strategic Nation of Palau"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. This week we covered a vast range of subjects including Lockheed Martin’s… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (10-14 January)"
The Indian Navy conducted a test of an advanced sea to sea variant of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on 11 January. It was tested from the destroyer INS Visakhapatnam,… Continue reading "Extended Range BrahMos Tested Successfully From INS Visakhapatnam"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. A busy week saw us examine the tensions between Russia and Ukraine,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (22-25 November)"
Elbit Systems, an Israeli defense company, announced on November 15, that it has signed a contract to supply a country in the Asia-Pacific region with SIGMA fully automatic self-propelled howitzer… Continue reading "Elbit Systems To Supply SIGMA Self-Propelled Howitzer Gun Systems To A Country in The Asia-Pacific Region"