DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army’s III Corps announced today, the rotational deployment of Fort Hood’s 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, to Camp Hovey and Camp Stanley, in South Korea, in October. The 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, brings approximately 800 Soldiers to replace 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, which is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-1st-cavalry-unit-selected-for-south-korea-deployment-60490/

DefenceTalkThe Army of the future may have fewer Soldiers but more lethality thanks to research in precision, scalable effects and improved range. “Our scientists and engineers are, and have been, redefining the art of the possible to make this enabling technology a reality,” said Dale A. Ormond, director of the U.S. Army Research, Development and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-turns-to-researchers-for-future-lethality-60487/

DefenceTalkGermany will send anti-tank rocket launchers, rifles and hand grenades to support Iraqi Kurds battling ISIS militants fighting for the Islamic State, the defence ministry announced Sunday. The move followed a meeting of ministers led by Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin to discuss what Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen described as an “extremely critical” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germany-to-send-anti-tank-weapons-rifles-to-iraqi-kurds-60470/

DefenceTalkInside the Improved Moving Target Simulator, Fort Sill’s newest Avenger crew members are encapsulated in training necessary to take down enemy aerial targets. The Improved Moving Target Simulator, or IMTS, is a high-tech simulator that recently underwent renovations from its previous model, the Joint Fires Multipurpose Dome. Earl Bailey, Avenger Stinger Schoolhouse equipment specialist, said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sill-simulator-trains-stinger-crews-60465/

DefenceTalkDefence and security company Saab has signed a new framework contract with the USSOCOM for the company’s Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon system (in the US named MAAWS; Multi-role, Anti-armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System). The contract is a follow on agreement to a previous 5 year contract for the 84mm recoilless rifle system. In connection with award of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saab-wins-us-special-forces-contract-for-carl-gustav-60451/

DefenceTalkGermany’s Economy Ministry has approved plans by defense group Rheinmetall to deliver an armored vehicle assembly plant to Algeria. Rheinmetall’s delivery to Algeria includes a production line to assemble the Fuchs armored vehicle, as well as other parts valued at more than EUR28 million ($37 million). The planned factory, located about 400 km east of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germany-approves-rheinmetall-armored-vehicle-plant-in-algeria-60439/

DefenceTalkFour Stryker combat vehicles were successfully loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III Aug. 13,2014, on the flightline here, marking the Army’s first use of the Stryker Marshalling Pad and Hot Cargo Pad since their construction. According to Glen Bailey, the 15th Wing Plans and Programs chief of support agreements, the SMP and HCP were built […]https://www.defencetalk.com/joint-effort-validates-ability-to-move-stryker-vehicles-via-air-60414/

DefenceTalkThe Defence Material Organization (DMO) has awarded a $105M contract to high mobility vehicle specialist, Supacat, to deliver 89 Special Operations Vehicles – Commando (SOV-Cdo) for the Australian Defence Forces under the JP2097 Ph 1B (REDFIN) program. The new SOV-Cdo are based on the latest MK2 version of Supacat’s HMT Extenda and designed to meet […]https://www.defencetalk.com/supacat-to-deliver-89-special-operations-vehicles-60412/

DefenceTalkIt’s 2035, and a city of more than 10 million people is in a state of crisis plagued by insurgency, internal corruption and struck by a natural disaster in the form of a major flood. The challenges, opportunities and potential approaches for the U.S. Army to conduct operations in such a complex environment will be […]https://www.defencetalk.com/wargame-to-examine-the-fall-of-a-megacity-60370/

DefenceTalkPine Bluff Arsenal’s Directorate of Ammunition Operations here achieved a major quality milestone July 2, when it produced its three millionth M18 colored smoke grenade without a failure. The directorate passed the two million mark in May 2011. “This is a major accomplishment. I can’t take credit for it,” said Roch Byrne, AO director. “The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/three-million-m18-grenades-produced-without-a-failure-60367/