Lockheed Martin have delivered the first four of Denmark’s F-35A fighters. The first of the aircraft to be based in Denmark landed at the Royal Danish Air Force’s Fighter Wing… Continue reading "Denmark’s First F-35s Arrive Home"
Recently, the keel of the second MİLGEM ADA Class Corvette, being built for the Ukrainian Navy by Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade Inc. (STM) was laid in Turkey. Vice Admiral… Continue reading "Turkish Shipyard Lays Keel of the 2nd MİLGEM Corvette Of The Ukrainian Navy"
At the 16th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF 2023), Turkish armored vehicle manufacturer FNSS debuted a new version of the KAPLAN-10 Armored Fighting Vehicle, which is currently in service with… Continue reading "IDEF 2023: FNSS Unveils the Kaplan Hybrid Vehicle"
German arms company Rheinmetall announced last Tuesday, 4 July, their intentions to build a “state-of-the-art” F-35 fuselage factory in the Lower Rhine municipality of Weeze, Germany. This project is to… Continue reading "Rheinmetall Announces Plans for F-35 Fuselage Factory in Germany"
TAI signed contracts with Indonesia, Chad, and Algeria for the export of ANKA UAVs at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX 2023) held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition… Continue reading "Indonesia, Chad and Algeria To Procure ANKA UAVs From TAI"
Lockheed Martin announced that Rheinmetall will be producing center fuselage sections for the F-35. This comes on the heels of Germany’s purchase of 35 A model F-35s in December of… Continue reading "Rheinmetall to Produce F-35 Center Fuselage"
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)"
Swiss military procurement agency armasuisse announced Monday that it had signed a contract for the purchase of 36 F-35As, with National Armaments Director Martin Sonderegger and Swiss F-35A Program Manager… Continue reading "Switzerland Signs F-35 Purchase Contract Following Parliamentary Approval"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most exciting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover a multitude of topics including Polish… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (12-16 September)"
An interim report released by the United Kingdom’s Defence Safety Authority on the inquiry into the crash of a Royal Air Force F-35B into the Mediterranean in November 2021 states… Continue reading "Interim Report: Engine Cover Ingestion Caused 2021 British F-35B Crash"