Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced on Thursday that Norway would be supplying F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelensky in Kyiv. In… Continue reading "Norway Becomes Third Nation To Pledge F-16s For Ukraine"
The Ukrainian Air Force will be receiving at least 42 F-16s from the Netherlands and Denmark, once Ukrainian pilots and ground crew complete training on the aircraft. The announcement was… Continue reading "Ukraine’s Air Force Set To Receive F-16s After Completing Training"
The United States announced on Friday that it would approve the efforts of an international coalition to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter aircraft, with the decision made by… Continue reading "United States Announces Approval Of Ukrainian F-16 Training Coalition"
The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee announced on Thursday that its gendarmes had arrested a man from Apeldoorn municipality in the center of the country, on suspicion of shooting at a Royal… Continue reading "Dutch Man Arrested For Shooting At Apache Attack Helicopter"
On 16 December, the US State Department approved a potential military sale of HIMARS multiple launch rockets system to the Netherlands valued at approximately $670 million dollars. The figure includes… Continue reading "US Approves Sale of 20 HIMARS Systems to the Netherlands in $670 Million Deal"
On 16 Decemberh, BAE Systems confirmed that Britain, Germany and Sweden have reached a joint agreement to purchase 436 BsV10 all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) from the company for a total of… Continue reading "Britain, Germany and Sweden Agree to Purchase 436 BvS10 ATVs from BAE Systems"
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has announced that it plans to purchase the Embraer C-390M to replace its C-130H Hercules fleet. Secretary of State for Defense Christophe van der… Continue reading "Netherlands Selects Embraer C-390M To Replace C-130H Fleet"
The Dutch Armed Forces have selected the Iveco Manticore Medium Tactical Vehicle (MTV) to replace several of their current off road vehicles used by the Army and military police. 1,185… Continue reading "Dutch Armed Forces Order Iveco Manticore MTV"
Following Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Germany and the Netherlands agreed to send Patriot Air Defense Systems to Slovakia on March 18, 2022, at NATO’s request, in case Russia threatens the… Continue reading "Slovakia Begins To Deploy Patriot Air Defense Systems Received From NATO Countries"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. We welcome New Year with a raft of interesting articles focused on… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (3-7 January)"