The U.S. Department of State has authorized the sale of up to $3 billion worth of Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia and up to $2.2 billion worth of THAAD missiles… Continue reading "The US Approves Sale of Patriot Air Defense Missiles to Saudi Arabia and THAAD Anti-Ballistic Missiles to the UAE"
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 Australian P-8 interception,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (6-10 June)"
Raytheon has been recently awarded a new contract worth $624 million for 1,300 units of the FIM-92 Stinger anti-aircraft launchers. The Stinger man-portable air defense system (MANPADS) entered service in… Continue reading "Raytheon Awarded $625 million FIM-92 Stinger Contract"
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"
Lockheed Martin, a major American defense company, has revealed plans to double the production of Javelin anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) to support the Ukrainians in their war with Russia and… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin Announces Plan To Double Production of Javelin Missiles"
On December 9, the US Defense Advanced Research Program Agency (DARPA) announced it had carried out the final OFFSET program field experiment at Cassidy Combined Arms Collective Training Facility (CACTF)… Continue reading "DARPA Runs Final Test for OFFSET Program Drone Swarm"
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Other Transactional (OT) Agreements to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon Missiles and Defense for its Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI). The system is meant… Continue reading "MDA Selects Three Companies For Its Hypersonic Defense Missile"
On October 22, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense announced that the US Government has provided the third batch of additional international security assistance worth $60 million for the needs of the… Continue reading "Ukraine Receives Military Aid From The United States Including Anti-Tank and High-Precision Weapons"
Raytheon Missiles and Defense has announced that its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor is now named GhostEye. The announcement, made ahead of the 2021 annual meeting of the… Continue reading "Raytheon’s LTAMDS Radar Now Lead Member Of GhostEye Family"
The third and last of the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) finished a four and a half month trial deployment to Canada and the United States.… Continue reading "Australian Navy’s Final Hobart-class Destroyer Completes Testing"