Last week, Iranian media published footage of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Aerospace Force’s ‘Gaza’ (Shahed-149) UAV in flight for the first time. The Gaza unmanned aerial vehicle, one of… Continue reading "Iran Releases First Test Flight Footage Of The Gaza (Shahed-149) UAV"
One of the key limiting factors of flying unmanned aircraft (UAS) beyond line of sight is the reliance on satellite communication (SATCOM). Historically UAS have had to communicate with satellites… Continue reading "MQ-9A Performs Ground Breaking Flight Using LEO SATCOM"
The Indian Air Force (IAF) held large-scale exercises with the French Air and Space Force (FASF) and the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) in October – November. The HAL… Continue reading "IAF Debuts HAL Tejas In Exercises With France, Singapore"
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"
The Iranian Ministry of Defense has unveiled an upgraded version of the domestically produced Bavar-373 Air Defense system. They also announced the start of mass production of a new long-range… Continue reading "Iran Unveils New Sayyad 4B Missile Together with Upgraded Version Of Bavar-373 Air Defense System"
L3Harris Technologies recently unveiled three new Missile Defense and Warning satellite designs in a new company advertisement. The video depicts different satellite concepts each geared towards a specific threat environment.… Continue reading "L3Harris Showcases New Missile Warning Satellite Designs"
Following significant backlash over his threats to pull Starlink service in Ukraine, Elon Musk backtracked and promised to continue the service in the country. On 16 October, Musk tweeted: “The… Continue reading "Elon Musk Backtracks on Ukraine Starlink Statements"
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 Indonesia Rafale Contract, the Space Force’s… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (3-7 October)"
On 28 September, the United Kingdom announced a new project – a new £50 million ($56.4 million USD) “Defence Cyber Academy”. The academy will begin operations this year; it will… Continue reading "UK Launching New £50 Million Cyber Academy"
Each year on the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war, a military parade is held in Tehran, the capital of Iran, this year the parade took place despite ongoing domestic protests.… Continue reading "Iran Unveils A New Surface-to-Surface Ballistic Missile During Sacred Defense Week"