During an interview with the Ukrainian National news agency Ukrinform, Brigadier General Oleksiy Gromov, Deputy Head of the General Operations Department of the Ukrainian General Staff, stated that Ukraine expects… Continue reading "Ukraine Aims To Procure T-155 FIRTINA Howitzers From Turkey"
Elbit Systems recently announced that it has won a contract worth approximately $102 million to supply artillery systems to an unnamed international customer. According to the company’s press statement, the… Continue reading "Elbit Systems To Supply ATMOS Artillery Systems To An Unnamed Country"
Elbit Systems, an Israeli defense firm, revealed last week that it had been awarded two contracts totaling $252 million to provide artillery rocket systems to a European NATO member state.… Continue reading "Elbit Systems To Supply Artillery Systems To A European NATO Country"
The Swedish Ministry of Defense announced in a statement that it will transfer 50 modern CV-90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine along with 12 Archer Self-Proppeled Howitzers. This is yet… Continue reading "Breaking: Sweden To Send Ukraine CV-90s and Archers"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s first Weekend Briefing of the year. This is where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover Japan’s… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (2-6 January)"
On 21 December, the Czech army received the first of 14 German Leopard 2A4 tanks which will eventually be upgraded to the 2A7 standard by the Czechs. The vehicles are… Continue reading "Czechia and Slovakia Receive New Leopard Tanks"
On September 16, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. over the telephone. According to the Philippine leader, the two nations agreed to closer cooperation in… Continue reading "Italy and France Expanding Defense Cooperation with the Philippines"
When looking at Iraq and Afghanistan over the course of at least the last decade, a popular sentiment has long been that the US hadn’t learned anything from Vietnam. When… Continue reading "Editorial: Why is it so Hard to Learn from Wars?"
The United States is looking to shape Ukraine’s future military force structure. In a recent press briefing the U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl outlined efforts to… Continue reading "U.S. Looks to Shape Ukraine’s Future Military"
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"