In late May the ITS Caio Duilio entered Poland’s northern port city of Gdynia. This marks the second visit of the Italian vessel to Poland and sees the vessel bolster… Continue reading "Italy’s ITS Caio Duilio to Bolster Polish Air Defense"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing, this is where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s edition, we look at HIMARS procurement in Europe,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (20-24 February)"
On January 11, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda attended the second Lublin Triangle summit meeting in Lviv with the Presidents of Ukraine and Poland. President Gitanas Nausėda announced at a post-meeting… Continue reading "Lithuania To Supply Ukraine With Bofors L70 Anti-Aircraft Guns"
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"
Gáspár Maróth, the Hungarian government’s commissioner for defense development, revealed on Monday, December 20, that the Hungarian Armed Forces had purchased IRIS-T short-range anti-aircraft missiles for their Gripen fighters. The… Continue reading "Hungary Purchases IRIS-T Missiles As Part of The Gripen MS20 Block II Modernization Program"
Leonardo DRS has received an initial contract award for 28 Initial Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) Mission Equipment Packages (MEP) from General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS). The award is the… Continue reading "Leonardo DRS Awarded $600 Million Contract for U.S. Army IM-SHORAD Air Defense"