DefenceTalkIn today’s rapidly changing battlespace, our adversaries are using technology to their advantage to turn the most commonplace devices into explosives. The U.S. Navy recently approved Symphony Block 40, Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) counter-improvised explosive device system, which provides enhanced capabilities that allow partner nations to combat ever-changing threats. Symphony Block 40 is an open […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-government-approves-next-gen-counter-ied-system-67925/

DefenceTalkIn a combat theater soldiers face small arms fire and exploding ordnance attacks, but for Reserve Soldiers it can be difficult to simulate these real world threats during monthly battle assemblies. To achieve the most realistic training possible, Reserve units teamed up with Active Army and Army National Guard units here at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin […]https://www.defencetalk.com/realistic-army-training-leads-to-real-life-preparedness-67896/

DefenceTalkArtillery Soldiers got the opportunity to cross-train on other jobs inside their M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzers, during a recent “jump crew” training. During the live fire exercise, Soldiers from Battery B, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment worked with South Korean partners at Nightmare Range, near Topyong-ri, South Korea. The purpose of the exercise, which […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-soldiers-train-jump-crews-work-with-south-korean-partners-67893/

DefenceTalkCyPhy Works announced today that it has received an order for its Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC) System, from the U.S. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF). PARC, a tethered drone, addresses the need for a persistent eye-in-the-sky by flying for days at a time. In supporting U.S. Army Soldiers worldwide, the REF assesses current […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-orders-cyphy-works-tethered-drone-67863/

DefenceTalkMoscow and New Delhi have concluded an agreement to develop a new self-propelled gun (SPG) intended for Indian domestic market. The CEO of Uralvagonzavod, Oleg Siyenko and the Director Executive of Bharat Forge (a subsidiary of the Kalyani Group), Amid Kalyani signed the related Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the presence of Russia’s Minister for […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-india-to-develop-new-self-propelled-gun-spg-67854/

DefenceTalkDoctors at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research who have developed a Zika vaccine that they’ve successfully tested on mice are now testing it on monkeys and hope to begin testing on humans later this year. Their study, published June 28, in the journal Nature, demonstrated how mice developed immunity to the Zika virus […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-researchers-testing-zika-vaccine-67787/

DefenceTalkUkraine on Monday launched joint military exercises with the United States and a string of other NATO countries as tensions with Moscow remain high over the pro-Kremlin insurgency in the country’s east. The annual Rapid Trident military exercises, taking place in the western Ukrainian city of Yavoriv until July 8, involve some 1,800 soldiers from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-launches-joint-military-drills-with-nato-67731/

DefenceTalkThe Defence Ministry today approved the much-delayed purchase of 145 Ultralight howitzers, worth about Rs 5,000 crore, from the US and also the bulk production of 18 Dhanush artillery guns, the first acquisition of such weapon systems by the Army in three decades since the Bofors scandal. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-to-buy-145-m777-howitzers-67715/

DefenceTalkADAZI MILITARY BASE, Latvia: A multinational force including U.S. Marines partnered together for a large-scale NATO exercise in the Baltics demonstrating their ability to defend the alliance. Exercise Saber Strike 16 included U.S. Marines from Black Sea Rotational Force based in Romania, and Combat Logistics Regiment 2 out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. “We fight […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-nato-allies-conduct-large-scale-exercise-to-defend-baltics-67712/

DefenceTalkToday, the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation General of the Army Sergei Shoigu stated that another unannounced combat readiness inspection has been launched starting from 7 a.m. on June 14 in accordance to the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces for assessing combat and mobilization readiness of troops and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-armed-forces-launched-unannounced-combat-readiness-inspection-of-troops-67659/