The US State Department has cleared Poland to potentially purchase 96 AH-64E ‘Guardian’ attack helicopters for the maximum price of $12 billion. In recent months Poland was cleared to procure… Continue reading "Poland Cleared For AH-64E Purchase, Raven Program In Full Swing"
Latvia’s Defense Minister Ināra Mūrniece has confirmed that the Baltic state’s entire remaining stock of Stinger man portable air defense systems would be transferred to Ukraine as quickly as possible.… Continue reading "Latvia To Transfer All of its Stingers to Ukraine"
On 19 January, the US Department of Defense announced in a statement that it will provide additional military assistance to Ukraine. The second batch of equipment announced in January includes… Continue reading "Second Batch of Bradleys for Ukraine, Alongside Strykers and Avengers"
On Wednesday, January 18, Latvian Defense Minister Ināra Mūrniece visited Kiev to meet with Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov and Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada President Ruslan Stefanchuk. Following her meeting with… Continue reading "Latvia to Deliver a Range Of Military Aid to Ukraine, Including Additional Stinger MANPADS, Mi-17 Helicopters and Drones"
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)"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. We continue to deliver more fascinating news from around the World regarding… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (14-18 February)"
The Lithuanian Armed Forces has dispatched a group of instructors to Ukraine, where they will train Ukrainian soldiers in the use of Stinger short-range surface-to-air missiles recently delivered to Ukraine… Continue reading "Lithuanian Stinger Instructors Depart For Ukraine"
With the Russian Federation’s continued build up on Ukraine’s borders a measured but steady stream of military assistance has been dispatched to Ukraine from a number of NATO countries. During… Continue reading "Ukraine to Receiver Lithuanian Stinger Missiles Within Days"
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"
On 11 March, Raytheon Missiles and Defense announced that it successfully conducted a firing test of a Stinger missile integrated with the next-generation a Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Unit, or… Continue reading "INTERVIEW: Raytheon Share Details on New Stinger/Javelin LWCLU Integration"