DefenceTalkGovernment at its meeting today approved the implementation of a public contract for the acquisition of 20 wheeled armored vehicles PANDUR. Specifically, it will be the purchase of 6 pieces of wheeled armored vehicles, command-staff and 14 pieces of wheeled armored vehicles connecting to the landing platform PANDUR II 8×8 including the related logistics support […]https://www.defencetalk.com/czech-republic-to-buy-additional-pandur-armored-fighting-vehicles-65087/

DefenceTalkCAMP CASEY, South Korea: Improved combat capabilities and greater operational understanding in the joint environment are two of the most important outcomes of combined training among Republic of Korea, or ROK, and U.S. Soldiers. As a result, Soldiers, from Company B, 1st Battalion, 38th Field Artillery Regiment, 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined […]https://www.defencetalk.com/steel-battalion-conducts-combined-live-fire-exercise-with-rok-partners-65108/

DefenceTalkThe US Navy plans to open its famed SEAL fighting units to women, provided they can pass the notoriously difficult training course, Defense News reported Tuesday (Aug 18). The move comes as the military announced that two American women will on Friday become the first female soldiers to graduate from the elite Ranger School combat […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-military-to-let-women-try-out-for-navy-seals-report-65039/

DefenceTalkSoldiers from the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, partnered with the 91st Training Support Division, July 10 through Aug. 7, during Warrior Exercise, or WAREX, 15-03. Lt. Col. Paul McCarthy, deputy commanding officer, 91st Training Support Division, said the WAREX was designed to provide relevant and realistic […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iron-rangers-support-total-army-concept-during-exercise-64967/

DefenceTalkJason Kenney, Minister of National Defence, and Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, today announced the awarding of two competitive contracts to Mack Defense, LLC, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, for the purchase of new trucks for the Canadian Armed Forces under the Medium Support Vehicle System project. Through these contracts, the Government will […]https://www.defencetalk.com/canada-awards-major-military-procurement-contracts-for-new-trucks-64896/

DefenceTalkMindfulness-based meditation and the military are generally two things that one would not associate with one another. But on Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Dr. Valerie Rice, chief of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s Human Research and Engineering Directorate Army Medical Department Field Element in San Antonio, has participated in the Army Study Program since 2012. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-finds-a-place-in-the-military-64845/

DefenceTalkMore than 400 Army paratroopers, from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, parachuted from seven C-17 Globemasters onto Kapyong Air Field, Australia, as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 15, July 8. Talisman Sabre is a biennial exercise, which provides an invaluable opportunity for nearly 30,000 U.S. and Australian personnel to conduct operations in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-service-members-head-down-under-for-talisman-sabre-15-64842/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army Research Laboratory, or ARL, has been exploring the tactical reconnaissance vehicle, or TRV, concept for nearly nine months and is evaluating the hoverbike technology as a way to get Soldiers away from ground threats by giving them a 3-D capability. The Army is interested in this disruptive technology because it has the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/tactical-reconnaissance-vehicle-project-eyes-hoverbike-for-defense-64804/

DefenceTalkA dozen life-saving Bushmasters are going into production in Bendigo for export to the Netherlands, after the country’s Ministry of Defence ordered new vehicles from Thales Australia. The vehicles will complement the 86 Bushmasters previously purchased by the Dutch customer between 2006 and 2009, and will be delivered by the middle of 2016. Thales Australia […]https://www.defencetalk.com/netherlands-orders-12-new-bushmasters-64775/

DefenceTalkThe Emirate of Kuwait has contracted with Rheinmetall to supply it with twelve state-of-the-art armoured NBC reconnaissance vehicles, the 2 NBC-RS “Spürfuchs”. Now binding, the order also includes comprehensive support in the form of training, service and spare parts. Delivery of the vehicle commences in 2017. An accompanying technical support agreement contract covers a period […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kuwait-orders-advanced-armored-nbc-reconnaissance-vehicles-64772/