On May 29, the air defense arm of Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement claimed to have shot down another MQ-9 Reaper drone, presumed to belong to the US Air Force. The… Continue reading "Houthi Rebels Claim To Have Shot Down Another American MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Over Yemen"
The Polish Armed Forces General Command released a statement in the late evening of 18 March reporting that an MQ9 Reaper belonging to the US Air Force 52nd Expeditionary Operational… Continue reading "Connection Lost: An MQ-9 Reaper Cuts Loose Over Poland"
The United States Air Force says that one of its MQ-9 Reaper drones was damaged by a flare deployed by a Russian fighter aircraft harassing the drone over Syria. During… Continue reading "USAF Reaper Drone Damaged By Flare From Russian Fighter Over Syria"
The United States Navy has announced the delivery of the first of eight MQ-9A Reapers ordered by the United States Marine Corps in a joint contract with the United States… Continue reading "U.S. Marine Corps Receives First Reaper Drone Ordered Under Joint Contract"
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 topics including the second hypersonic ARRW booster test,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (18-22 July)"
Around 11:15 UTC (14:15 local time), the United States Air Force lost an MQ-9 Reaper drone three kilometers south of the 71st Air Base in Câmpia Turzii, Romania. This is… Continue reading "MQ-9 Reaper Has Crashed in Romania"
The mayor of Kanoya, Shigeru Nakanishi, has announced his intent to allow 150 to 200 U.S. service personnel and eight MQ-9 Reaper UAVs deploy to the local Japanese Maritime Self-Defense… Continue reading "Kanoya Mayor Approves MQ-9 Reaper Deployment"
Reports from late last month, and unofficially confirmed by Army sources, indicate that Australia’s LAND 400 Phase 3 (P3) – Land Combat Vehicle System (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) programme will face… Continue reading "New Australian Army IFV to Face Cuts but Reaper May be Back on the Table?"
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 General Dynamics winning US… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (4-8 July)"
The Greek Minister of National Defense, Mr. Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, announced to Parliament today that he will be allocating 400 million euros for the purchase of three American MQ-9B SeaGuardian unmanned… Continue reading "Greek Parliament to Set Aside Budget for MQ-9s"