Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee Aviation Service has ordered an additional C295 military transport aircraft from Airbus Defense and Space to expand its airlift capabilities. Jean-Brice Dumont, Airbus Defense’s Vice President… Continue reading "Kazakhstan Orders An Additional C295 Transport Aircraft From Airbus"
A Royal Air Force (RAF) Atlas C1 (A400M) transport aircraft has been operationally refueled for the first time. RAF announced this on August 11 and stated that the operation was… Continue reading "RAF A400M Operationally Refueled For The First Time"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. This week we examined the latest Al Zubarah corvette launch, the Australian… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (4-8 April)"
The Turkish Air Force completed its fleet with the delivery of its tenth A400M military transport aircraft, which was part of a larger order for ten A400Ms. “Our 10th and… Continue reading "Turkey’s A400M Fleet is Now Complete"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. We continue to deliver more fascinating news from around the World regarding military… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (21-25 February)"
Airbus Defence has announced that its A400M cargo aircraft successfully released a drone aircraft while in flight for the first time, in a major step forwards for the A400M’s planned… Continue reading "Airbus’ A400M Successfully Conducts First Airborne Drone Release"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. A busy week saw us examine the tensions between Russia and Ukraine,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (22-25 November)"
Turkish Aerospace Industries has announced the integration of a directed infra-red countermeasures system onto an Airbus A400M. According to TAI, the first system has been installed on A400M tail number… Continue reading "TAI Integrates In-House A400M Directed IR Countermeasures System"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important news. As we enter the second half of November we have covered a variety… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (15-19 November)"
The Deputy Head of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group for Foreign & Security Policy, Johann Wadephul, has confirmed media reports late on Monday that the first German evacuation flight from Kabul… Continue reading "First German Evacuation Flight Departs Kabul With Just Seven On Board"