DefenceTalk“Sentient data” that can feel and perceive things might one day protect Soldiers and their networks, a leading scientist said. Thomas F. Greco, director of intelligence, G-2, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, spoke during a media roundtable, April 30, about findings from the TRADOC-sponsored 2015 Mad Scientist Conference at Georgetown University, held […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sentient-data-may-one-day-augment-soldier-capability-64079/

DefenceTalkRussia has unveiled a new battle tank, the Armata T-14, ahead of the country’s World War Two Victory Day celebrations. 2,300 of the next-generation tanks are expected to be brought in by 2020, modernizing 70 per cent of the Russian fleet. They’ll have 125mm guns that can fire laser-guided missiles and shells at a range […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-unveils-next-generation-armata-tank-64066/

DefenceTalkKANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan: Multiple Afghan National Defense and security forces units are in the midst of a large-scale operation in the country’s southeastern areas in a coordinated attack on anti-government forces’ historical safe havens. The Afghan National Army’s 205th Corps and 203rd Corps, the Kandahar province 2nd Mobile Strike Force, the Afghan 3rd Special Operations […]https://www.defencetalk.com/major-afghan-military-operation-underway-in-countrys-southeast-64061/

DefenceTalkIt is not every day you can get half of the latest and greatest product in any industry, but that is exactly what a team from the product manager for Soldier Protective Equipment, or PdM SPE, and Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, or DLA-TS, has done. Their efforts are now culminating in the first deliveries […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-upgrades-body-armor-saves-money-64050/

DefenceTalkIn a world first, tracked military vehicles are being upgraded with technology adapted from Formula One to improve handling and speed across the battlefield. Engineers at BAE Systems have applied the new upgrade ‘Active Damping’ system to current variants of the CV90 combat vehicle family; breaking speed records in rough terrain and increasing the CV90’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f1-technology-adapted-to-armoured-combat-vehicles-by-bae-64033/

DefenceTalkWith the target in sight, instructions are relayed to waiting artillerymen – a fire mission is underway. With a deep thud, followed by a brief moment of eerie silence, massive explosions erupt downrange – another enemy has been wiped from the battlefield. Such was the intent as fires teams of various NATO allies came together […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-allies-make-splash-during-exercise-flaming-thunder-64023/

DefenceTalkGame-changer armament technologies come just once in a blue moon, said Michael Zoltoski, chief of the Army Research Lab’s Lethality Division. The first blue moon moment came during the 1950s, with the development of tactical nuclear weapons, he said. The second was during the mid-1980s, with the introduction of stealth, precision-guided munitions and armaments linked […]https://www.defencetalk.com/third-armaments-revolution-set-to-unfold-64014/

DefenceTalkDARPA’s Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) program, which developed a self-steering bullet to increase hit rates for difficult, long-distance shots, completed in February its most successful round of live-fire tests to date. An experienced shooter using the technology demonstration system repeatedly hit moving and evading targets. Additionally, a novice shooter using the system for the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/exacto-guided-bullet-demos-repeatable-performance-against-moving-targets-64011/

DefenceTalkNothing is more basic to a warfighter than aiming and firing a weapon and coordinating that task with others – a process known as fire control. But ever since weapons systems became computerized, there has not been a common fire control system across the various Army weapons platforms. That is not a good thing, said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-works-toward-common-fire-control-across-weapons-platforms-63991/

DefenceTalkIs it the plastic barrel holder? Or the tin cover? These questions are at the center of a hot debate surrounding “serious faults” with the Bundeswehr’s favorite gun. DW leads you through the storm that is the HK G36. It all started back in 2010, on Good Friday, following a Taliban ambush just outside German […]https://www.defencetalk.com/heckler-koch-g36-the-rifle-held-in-all-the-wrong-places-63986/