DefenceTalkDefence and security company Saab has received an order for explosive training artillery ammunition. The order amounts to approximately SEK 114 million and delivery will take place during 2015-2016. Work on this order will be performed by Saab’s subsidiary Saab Bofors Dynamics Switzerland (SBDS), and includes the manufacture and delivery of explosive training artillery grenades. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saab-receives-order-for-artillery-ammunition-64256/

DefenceTalkPresident Barack Obama has chosen a submarine officer to serve as the next head of the US Navy and an infantry officer who commanded troops in Afghanistan for army chief, officials said Wednesday. Admiral John Richardson, currently the head of naval reactors, has been nominated to lead the navy, and General Mark Milley, who also […]https://www.defencetalk.com/obama-picks-new-chiefs-for-us-army-navy-64207/

DefenceTalkThe Baltic states will formally ask NATO to deploy several thousand troops as a deterrent to Russia, Lithuania said Thursday, but the alliance gave no assurance that the request would be accepted. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at meeting of the alliance’s foreign ministers in the Turkish city of Antalya that he was aware […]https://www.defencetalk.com/baltics-to-ask-nato-for-thousands-of-troops-64217/

DefenceTalkCamp Taji has been a key location in the U.S. training effort portion of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve. Soldiers, from the 82nd Airborne Division and 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Forward Advise and Assist, provide hands-on training to Iraqi soldiers during their nine-month deployment to the region. “Generally, the Iraqis are pretty […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-soldiers-prepare-iraqi-army-for-sustained-success-64175/

DefenceTalkThe Army is analyzing cyberspace requirements and outlining potential technical investments based on its Cyber Materiel Development Strategy, released in February 2015. Doctrinal, operational, acquisition and research and development communities, for Army materiel development, worked together for more than two years on the comprehensive strategy, which looks at where Army cyberspace capabilities are and what […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-to-focus-on-cyber-strategy-in-tactical-environments-64172/

DefenceTalkExercise Noble Partner 15 kicked off here, May 11, beginning the 14-day training featuring U.S. and Georgian Service members. The exercise will involve the efforts and contributions of paratroopers, from Troop C, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade; Soldiers from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division; and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-georgian-forces-begin-two-week-exercise-noble-partner-64169/

DefenceTalkFNSS Defence Systems Inc. proudly presents KAPLAN-20 NG-AFV, the latest member of its New Generation Armored Fighting Vehicles, designed to meet the tactical and technical requirements of the armed forces of Turkey well as those of friendly and allied countries. KAPLAN-20 brings together various innovations in its class thanks to the experience gained from the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kaplan-20-the-new-generation-tracked-armoured-fighting-vehicle-64155/

DefenceTalkThe Pentagon Courtyard and south parking areas will be abuzz with the Army’s latest research and technology and weapons systems exhibits and displays, May 14. Throughout Lab Day, all of the Army’s displays will highlight the Army’s commitment to innovation. Heidi Shyu, assistant secretary of the Army (acquisition, logistics and technology) and Army acquisition executive, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lab-day-to-showcase-latest-battlefield-technologies-64135/

DefenceTalkFollowing painstaking development work, intensive testing by the country’s WTD technical centers, month after month of gruelling operation in conditions of extreme heat and cold abroad, and multiple field trials conducted by soldiers of the German Bundeswehr, the Puma infantry fighting vehicle project has passed another important milestone. The Koblenz-based Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/puma-infantry-fighting-vehicle-enters-service-with-bundeswehr-64122/

DefenceTalkFinland has contacted nearly a million reservists by e-mail but an armed forces spokesman on Saturday denied the move was motivated by security concerns. “This letter to the reservists is to develop better communication with them and not because of the security situation,” spokesman Mika Kalliomaa told YLE public television. Finland said on Tuesday its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/finland-contacts-reservists-denies-move-due-to-security-concerns-64084/