This week, the United States delivered an additional shipment of Javelin anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) valued at approximately $16.6 million to Lithuania, one of its main allies in the Baltic… Continue reading "Lithuania Receives Additional Javelin Anti-Tank Missiles From The United States"
The US Army has announced plans to abandon its Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft program. In an announcement, posted on 8 February, the Army stated that the decision was driven… Continue reading "US Army Abandons FARA Program in Aviation Investment Rebalance"
Australia’s defence ministry has announced that it expects the next batch of UH-60M Black Hawks it has ordered to arrive in early 2024, after a request to the United States… Continue reading "Next Batch Of Australian Black Hawks Scheduled For Early 2024"
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has announced that the US State Department has approved a foreign military sale of AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles and related equipment to… Continue reading "Lithuania To Procure AIM-120 AMRAAM Missiles From the US For NASAMS Air Defense Systems"
The Polish 7th Special Operations Squadron was a relatively small unit, which utilized two models of post-Soviet transport and attack helicopters – Mi-17-1W and Mi-17TU. A total of 8 aircraft… Continue reading "Polish 7th Special Operations Squadron Reforms Into Special Operations Air Unit"
On 9 February, Northrop Grumman announced that their Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system had reached an initial operational capability (IOC) with the US Army. This system is intended to defeat… Continue reading "US Army Declares IOC for Common Infrared Countermeasure System"
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 United States State Department approved a possible sale of UH-60M Blackhawk helicopters to Australia on August 26, bringing the long-running MRH-90 saga a step closer to completion. In total, the… Continue reading "U.S Approves Sale of 40 Blackhawk Helicopters to Australia"
The Croatian Ministry of Defense‘s press service announced on February 3 that two multi-role UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for the Croatian Air Force were delivered to Zagreb’s Franjo Tudjman Airport… Continue reading "Croatia Receives First UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters From The US"
Leonardo is putting forward its latest-generation military AW149 helicopter for the British Army’s New Medium Helicopter requirement focused on replacing the Puma. At DSEI 2021 Leonardo highlighted nine UK-based suppliers… Continue reading "DSEI 2021: Leonardo Unveil UK Medium Helicopter Bid Team"