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)"
Lieutenant General Allen Paredes, the commander of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), said on 23 November, that the first batch of six T129 “ATAK” attack helicopters will arrive in the… Continue reading "Philippines To Receive First Turkish ATAK Helicopter In December"
On 28 August, Iraqi Defense Minister Jumaa Inad Saadoun, a guest on Iraqi TV channel Al Sharqiya, made a series of statements, including that Iraq had “reached an agreement” with… Continue reading "Iraq Announces That They Plan To Procure Bayraktar TB2 UAV’s And ATAK Helicopters From Turkey"
In a statement to the press on 7 December 2018, Philippine Defense Minister Delfin Lorenzana said that the T-129 ATAK Attack and Tactical Reconnaissance Helicopter developed by the Turkish Aviation… Continue reading "The US Approves The Sale of Attack Helicopters from Turkey to the Philippines"
The newest version of Turkey’s indigenously produced helicopter, the T129 ATAK, has made its first flight. Known interchangeably as the T129B Phase 2 and T129B2 the focus of this upgrade… Continue reading "T129B Phase 2 Makes First Flight with Advanced Defensive Aids System"