DefenceTalkEquipment for the European Activity Set, or EAS, is scheduled to be turned in to the first forward-positioned sites beginning this week, Defense Department officials said. About 1,400 pieces of equipment that had been used in Operation Atlantic Resolve by Europe’s Regionally Aligned Force – 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division – will be turned in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-begins-positioning-equipment-in-eastern-europe-65983/

DefenceTalkJOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST: Army engineers demonstrated autonomous robots as part of a teaming effort to evolve natural interaction between Soldiers and autonomous systems during an exercise here, Nov. 2-3. This interaction allows for one Soldier to use numerous unmanned systems, which require neither dedicated operators nor significant cognitive burden on the part of commanders. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-autonomous-robot-extends-communication-beyond-line-of-sight-65980/

DefenceTalkThe Fire Support Group of Yankee Company, 45 Commando Royal Marines have let rip with the next-generation light anti-tank weapon. The Arbroath-based green berets missed out on the chance for live firing back in the spring because they were deployed with HMS Bulwark rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean. Six months later and their chance came […]https://www.defencetalk.com/royal-marines-test-new-anti-tank-weapons-65948/

DefenceTalkGermany is planning to deploy 1,200 troops to help France in the fight against Islamic State jihadists in Syria, its army chief said Sunday, in what would be the military’s biggest deployment abroad. “From a military point of view, around 1,200 soldiers would be necessary to run the planes and ship,” army chief of staff […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-chief-germany-planning-to-deploy-1200-troops-for-is-fight-65916/

DefenceTalkHERNDON, Va: The United States Army has exercised $65.8 million in contract options for 12 additional UH-72A Lakota helicopters and associated mission equipment packages. The UH-72A is manufactured by Airbus Helicopters Inc. at its final assembly plant in Columbus, Miss., which has already produced and delivered almost 350 Lakotas to date, all on time and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-orders-12-more-uh-72a-lakota-helicopters-65846/

DefenceTalkDenel Vehicle Systems has concluded a contract of more than R900-million with NIMR in the United Arab Emirates for the development and supply of advanced mine-protected vehicles. This contract for N35 is one of the largest received by Denel Vehicle Systems (DVS) in recent years and will provide work for two of the company’s major […]https://www.defencetalk.com/denel-to-develop-new-mrap-vehicles-for-uae-65813/

DefenceTalkOften working out of sight, Allied special operations forces play a key role in any military operation. That is why they have been training alongside their land, sea and air counterparts in Trident Juncture 2015, NATO’s largest military exercise in more than a decade. The rigorous and diverse training, taking place in Italy, Spain and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/special-ops-forces-undergo-rigorous-training-at-natos-trident-juncture-15-65796/

DefenceTalkConstruction work has begun in Bahrain to build Britain’s first permanent military base in the Middle East since 1971, amid security threats in the region, Bahrain’s state media reported Sunday. “The ground-breaking ceremony for the establishment of the marine facilities headquarters in the kingdom of Bahrain” was launched on Saturday, the official BNA news agency. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/construction-begins-in-bahrain-of-british-army-base-65756/

DefenceTalkA small contingent of US special forces will be sent as part of an “advise and assist” mission to the Syrian rebels fighting against Islamic State militants, Reuters reported citing unnamed US officials. President Barack Obama is expected to make a full announcement Friday. Unnamed US officials told Reuters that 20-30 special forces operatives will […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-special-forces-to-deploy-to-syria-65716/

DefenceTalkSikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the successful first flight of the U.S. Marine Corps’ CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter protoype, known as Engineering Development Model-1 (EDM-1). The 30-minute flight signals the beginning of a 2,000-hour flight test program using four test aircraft. “EDM-1’s first flight signifies another major milestone for the CH-53K helicopter program,” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ch-53k-helicopter-achieves-first-flight-65696/