In an exclusive interview with the Azerbaijan news agency Report last Sunday, Ukraine’s senior military authority, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Valeriy Zaluzny, said that Ukraine is planning to purchase 24 additional… Continue reading "Ukraine Plans To Purchase 24 Additional Bayraktar TB2 UAVs"
Airbus Defence and Space has announced that the Republic of Kazakhstan is set to acquire two Airbus A400M transport aircraft, bringing to an end years of speculation about the Central Asian… Continue reading "Kazakhstan Set to Become Ninth A400M Operator"
Baykar Defense’s AKINCI Offensive Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TİHA in Turkish) has been added to the inventory of the TSK (Turkish Armed Forces). The delivery ceremony of the AKINCI (‘Raider’ in… Continue reading "Akıncı UAV to be Delivered To The Turkish Armed Forces"
On 27 August, a Russian Su-24 fighter jet crashed during training over a forest near Perm, Russia. “During its flight to the maintenance center to be repaired, the Su-24 crashed… Continue reading "Su-24 Fighter Jet Crashes Near Perm, Russia"
Welcome to another Weekend Briefing, where we round-up the week’s most important defense news and some of the stories that may have flown under the radar. This week at Overt… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (23-27 August)"
The first of two military training ships built by Turkey’s Anadolu Shipyard for the Qatar Navy, the QTS 91 Al Doha, was delivered on Wednesday at the shipyard in İstanbul,… Continue reading "Anadolu Shipyard Delivers Qatar Navy Training Ship"
The Presidency of Defense Industries and Roketsan signed a contract for a surface-to-surface cruise missile (named Kara Atmaca or ‘Black Hawk’) during the International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF 2021) in… Continue reading "ROKETSAN Is Developing A Ground-Based Version of The ATMACA Missile"
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Pakistan’s National Engineering and Science Commission (NESCOM) have signed a contract for “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.” A collaboration agreement was signed between the two organizations at… Continue reading "TAI and NESCOM Sign A Contract For The Modernization Of Anka UAVs"
Welcome to another Weekend Briefing, where we round-up the week’s most important defense news and some of the stories that may have flown under the radar. This week at Overt… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (16-20 August)"
The Nazar System, which began to be developed by Meteksan Defense in 2016 to meet the demands of naval forces and was featured for the first time in an official video… Continue reading "The NAZAR Laser Electronic Warfare System Unveiled at IDEF-21 For the First Time"