In support of the campaign for Ukraine organized by the Lithuanian television network Laisves TV, the Bayraktar TB2 drone (named ‘Vanagas’ or hawk), which BAYKAR voluntarily decided to provide free… Continue reading "Bayraktar TB2 Drone Arrives in Lithuania Ahead of Hand Over to Ukraine"
On 29 June, Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group held a ceremony for rolling out the first Wing Loong II UAV designed for industrial and civilian purposes. As an evolution of the… Continue reading "Chengdu Aircraft Rolls Out First Civilian Wing Loong II Drone"
Numerous nations and the general public around the world are still supporting Ukraine in the conflict that began with Russia’s invasion of the country. The Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation started a similar… Continue reading "Ukraine’s Serhiy Prytula Foundation Starts Campaign To Donate 3 Bayraktar TB2s To The Ukrainian Army"
Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar announced on Thursday that it would be donating one of its TB2 attack drones free of charge to Ukraine, following a recent Lithuanian fundraiser for the… Continue reading "Baykar Announces Donation Of TB2 Attack Drone To Ukraine"
Iranian state television (IRIB) has released images of a secret military base it says is hidden somewhere in the middle of the Zagros mountain range that runs along the country’s… Continue reading "Iran Releases Images of Secret “Strategic UAV Base 313”"
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 Sweden and Finland’s… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (16-20 May)"
According to the Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the Islamic Republic of Iran has opened a new facility in Dushanbe, Tajikistan’s capital, to produce military… Continue reading "Iran Opens a Drone Production Plant in The Capital of Tajikistan"
At the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev paid an official visit to Ankara with a large delegation on Tuesday, May 10. During the visit, 15… Continue reading "TAI’s ANKA Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Will Be Produced in Kazakhstan"
As the war between Russia and Ukraine continues Bayraktar TB2 drones continue to carry out operations around Zmiinyi ‘Snake’ Island, which is strategically important in the Black Sea. The Bayraktar… Continue reading "Ukrainian TB2 Destroys Russian Mi-8 Helicopter On Snake Island in First Reported Aerial Kill"
A video of the Mavi Vatan-2022 exercise, which took place between April 11 and April 21, 2022, has been released by the Turkish Ministry of National Defense. A surface vessel… Continue reading "Turkey Conducts Test-Fire With the New Aksungur UCAV During the Mavi Vatan-2022 Naval Exercise"