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 the Polish-Korean… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (25-29 July)"
Workers at Boeing’s three defense plants in the St. Louis area are preparing to go on strike next Monday, after union members rejected a contract offer that would have reduced… Continue reading "Union Workers At Boeing Defense St. Louis Set To Strike"
Airbus recently announced at the Farnborough Air Show that its A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) has become the first tanker aircraft anywhere in the world to be certified for daylight… Continue reading "Airbus’ A330 MRTT Certified For Daylight Automatic In-Flight Refueling"
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducted a test launch of the S-520-RD1 sounding rocket on 24 July from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture. According to JAXA, the… Continue reading "Japan Conducts first Successful Scramjet Engine Test"
The Polish government has confirmed that it is in talks with South Korea for a wide-ranging series of arms procurements, saying that it expects contracts formalizing the procurements to be… Continue reading "Poland: Korean Arms Buy Contract Signings Expected"
Turkey’s defense procurement agency has officially launched a competition for a Turkish-developed and built turbofan engine to power the TF-X indigenous stealth fighter currently under development by Turkish Aerospace. The… Continue reading "Turkey Officially Launches TF-X Stealth Fighter Engine Competition"
Around 11:15 UTC (14:15 local time), the United States Air Force lost an MQ-9 Reaper drone three kilometers south of the 71st Air Base in Câmpia Turzii, Romania. This is… Continue reading "MQ-9 Reaper Has Crashed in Romania"
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 many topics including General Dynamics winning US… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (4-8 July)"
Videos of South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae prototype fighter undergoing ground tests have surfaced online, ahead of the aircraft’s scheduled first flight. A video uploaded to YouTube shows the KF-21 prototype… Continue reading "KF-21 Boramae Ground Testing Videos Surface"
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Thursday that his country has formally submitted a letter of request for the purchase of 20 F-35s, with an option for an additional… Continue reading "Greece Formally Submits F-35 Purchase Letter Of Request"