The U.S. State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of the Fixed Site-Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integrated Defeat System (FS-LIDS) to Qatar on November 29. The… Continue reading "U.S. Approves $1 Billion FMS Of FS-LIDS Counter-UAS Systems To Qatar"
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 some of the DefExpo 2022 premieres,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (14-18 November)"
While Iran has been shaken by public protests calling for the regime’s downfall, a third announcement about the controversial missile program was made this week. According to the Iranian official… Continue reading "Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps Claims That It Is Developing a Hypersonic Ballistic Missile"
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 Korean maritime border incident, Indian OneWeb… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (24-28 October)"
Last week, Russia intensified its indiscriminate missile attacks against civilian targets in Ukraine. These were justified as retribution for the attack on the Kerch bridge which Russia described as a… Continue reading "Air Defense Is the Next Focus of Military Aid to Ukraine"
On 11 October, following talks between Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and their Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly, Ottawa and Tokyo announced a new “Japan-Canada Action Plan” aimed at realizing the… Continue reading "Canada and Japan Discussing Intelligence Sharing Agreement"
In a recent interview with local Indian media, UN Under Secretary General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix noted that deaths among UN peacekeeping forces are rising sharply. In 2020, 13… Continue reading "Deaths Among UN Peacekeepers Rising, UN Under Secretary General for Peace Operations Says"
On 4 October, the new aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departed on its first deployment from Norfolk Virginia alongside supporting vessels from its strike group. Initial plans… Continue reading "Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford On First Deployment"
Along with Military Engineering and the Rescue and Assistance Unit of the Royal Air Force’s Third Air Base in Kenitra, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces participated in the joint Moroccan-US… Continue reading "Morocco Purchases 150 WanderB & ThunderB Drones From Israel"
On 28 September, the Ukraine Defense Contact Group met in Brussels to discuss the long-term aid being sent to Ukraine. The group includes over 50 members, each committed to supplying… Continue reading "Nations Supplying Ukraine With Military Aid Discuss Standardization"