DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and Lockheed Martin successfully completed new tests validating the ability of driverless military-truck convoys to operate successfully and safely in a variety of environments. The second series of demonstrations of the Autonomous Mobility Applique System (AMAS) Capabilities Advancement Demonstration (CAD-2) tests were conducted at the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-demonstrate-2nd-series-of-advanced-autonomous-convoy-ops-59853/

DefenceTalkU.S. Army Europe and its regional partners in the Baltic region kicked off the joint, combined multinational military exercise Saber Strike 2014 at the Adazi Training Area, June 9. The exercise, scheduled to conclude June 20, spans multiple locations in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, and involves approximately 4,500 personnel from 10 countries. Latvia, the host […]https://www.defencetalk.com/exercise-saber-strike-14-demonstrates-international-cooperation-59841/

DefenceTalkTransforming the way units communicate and navigate, the Army’s next generation situational awareness and friendly force tracking system received an unprecedented workout. Marines and Soldiers fought side-by-side to test the capability known as Joint Battle Command-Platform, known as JBC-P, during the Army’s Network Integration Evaluation 14.2, which concluded on May 22. “Over the past 10-plus […]https://www.defencetalk.com/marines-soldiers-test-new-blue-force-tracking-system-at-nie-14-2-59810/

DefenceTalkThe IDF will soon begin using a special robot to gather intelligence in underground areas. Another vehicle will scan enemy territory before Israeli forces even enter the field. Check out the high-tech vehicles set to hit the ground in Israel. Major threats are evolving on Israel’s borders every day. Hamas’ underground network in Gaza trains […]https://www.defencetalk.com/no-driver-no-problem-israels-newest-unmanned-vehicles-59758/

DefenceTalkAn unmanned aerial surveillance platoon from the Michigan National Guard launched their 15th RQ-7B Shadow Unmanned Aircraft System into the Latvian skies here, Saturday. Latvian Armed Forces, providing aviation tower and runway support, assisted with this latest flight of Michigan Army National Guard Unmanned Aerial Surveillance platoon, B Company, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 37th Infantry […]https://www.defencetalk.com/shadow-uas-platoon-has-15th-successful-launch-in-latvia-59764/

DefenceTalkRussia’s newly established military robot design lab has finally gone into operation, Oleg Bochkarev, deputy head of Russia’s governmental Military-Industrial Commission told ITAR TASS news agency. Russia’s deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin was the first to have announced plans to set up a new laboratory at the Degtyarev arms factory in Kovrov last year planning […]https://www.defencetalk.com/combat-robots-to-become-russian-army-new-recruits-59769/

DefenceTalkGetting audited is something most taxpayers admit they dread. But those same citizens might be heartened to know that government agencies that receive their tax dollars are audited just the same, to ensure that money is properly spent. The Army and the rest of the Defense Department are on notice from Congress that they will […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-preps-for-first-audit-ever-says-top-finance-leader-59724/

DefenceTalkRheinmetall has just booked another big order for its state-of-the-art, high-mobility truck families. In the medium term, Norway and Sweden intend to buy as many as two thousand military logistics vehicles with a total value of over €1 billion. Following the Norwegian procurement authorities, today Sweden too signed the framework agreement for joint procurement of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rheinmetall-wins-major-contract-from-sweden-for-military-trucks-59720/

DefenceTalkMilitia fighters stole hundreds of American-supplied automatic weapons and other equipment in a raid on a Libyan base where the US was training local forces, bringing an abrupt end to the secretive program, a report said Tuesday. Elite US troops have been tasked since last year with covertly forming local counterterrorism units in Libya, Mauritania, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/libya-militia-stole-us-weapons-in-raid-report-59718/

DefenceTalkRussia’s recent adventurism in Europe, most notably the massing of armor and mechanized units along the border with Ukraine, has prompted defense officials in Europe and the United States to do something they haven’t done in nearly twenty years: assess the balance of military power on the continent. While most public discussions of the changing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/should-europe-rebuild-tank-forces-59713/