This week, the United States delivered an additional shipment of Javelin anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) valued at approximately $16.6 million to Lithuania, one of its main allies in the Baltic… Continue reading "Lithuania Receives Additional Javelin Anti-Tank Missiles From The United States"
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced that the U.S. State Department has decided to approve a Foreign Military Sale to the government of Morocco for Javelin Missiles and… Continue reading "The US Approves Possible Sale of Javelin Missiles to Morocco"
The United Kingdom has been cleared by the use Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) to procure up to 600 Javelin FGM-148F anti-tank guided missiles. The FGM-148F is the most advanced… Continue reading "UK Cleared to Order Latest Version of Javelin ATGM"
At the start of this month the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency published a notice announcing the approval of a request from the UK for the procurement of Lightweight Command… Continue reading "How Does a Possible Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Unit Buy Fit with the UK’s Long-term Anti-Tank Plans?"
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)"
In two contracts, the Lockheed Martin – Raytheon joint venture has been awarded a total of $309 million to produce 1,300 Javelin anti-tank guided missile systems. The new weapons are… Continue reading "Lockheed-Raytheon Awarded Contracts to Produce 1,300 new Javelins ATGMs"
Since the Russian invasion began on 24 February, Ukraine has been promised a plethora of infantry anti-tank weapons. More than half a dozen Western nations have pledged to send anti-tank… Continue reading "Rundown: Western Anti-Tank Weapons For Ukraine"
On 24 February at 4:00AM Ukrainian Time, Vladimir Putin announced his “special military operation” in Ukraine. Moments later, explosions rocked key Ukrainian cities including the capital of Kyiv, the strategic… Continue reading "Ruso-Ukranian War: Seven Days In"
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have announced that they will be delivering Stinger man-portable surface-to-air missiles and Javelin anti-tank guided missiles to Ukraine as military aid, in addition to other equipment… Continue reading "Baltic Nations To Supply Javelin, Stinger Missiles As Military Aid For Ukraine"
The British Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) is seeking to improve on British army anti-tank (AT) capabilities. By 2030, the lab’s Battle Group Organic Anti-Armour (BGOAA) project aims to… Continue reading "British Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Outlines Anti-tank Project Details"