DefenceTalkThe Marine Corps Systems Command Combat Support Systems (MCSC CSS) and Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) M9 Armored Combat Earthmover (ACE) engineers delivered four modernized M9 ACE production units to the U.S. Marine Corps, Feb. 28. According to NSWC PCD M9 ACE Project Engineer Jeff Dinges, the first modernized units were […]https://www.defencetalk.com/navy-fields-modernized-m9-ace-to-marines-59002/

DefenceTalkThe head of the powerful US gun lobby railed against American media Thursday, saying it was biased and lying about the heated debate on regulating weapons. “One of America’s greatest threats is the national news media that fails to provide a level playing field for the truth,” NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre told an […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-gun-lobby-sees-media-as-enemy-58989/

DefenceTalkKosovo’s government proposed on Thursday creating a 5,000-strong army to “protect sovereignty” of the ethnic Albanian territory, six years after it seceded from Serbia. The army would double the size of the current civil emergency Kosovo security force (KPS), said a statement issued after a cabinet session. Since the end of 1998-1999 war between independent-seeking […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kosovo-to-create-own-army-to-protect-sovereignty-58961/

DefenceTalkResearchers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, or ARL continue to expand body armor analysis work to protect Soldiers – not only protecting their lives, but also their daily life functions after treatment and recovery. The team of researchers, who work in the Warfighter Survivability Branch of ARL’s Survivability Lethality Analysis Directorate, implement methodology to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-continues-to-expand-body-armor-analysis-work-to-protect-soldiers-58937/

DefenceTalkDefence and security company Saab has signed a contract on deliveries of the RBS 70 VSHORAD (very short range air defence system) to the Brazilian Army. The order has a value of approximately MSEK 80 and comprises deliveries of man-portable launchers, missiles and associated equipment. First deliveries of materiel are scheduled during 2014. The deal […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saab-signs-contract-for-rbs-70-with-brazilian-army-58913/

DefenceTalkSoldiers at the Army Mountain Warfare School here are slated to receive new equipment designed to improve their performance and give them “Spiderman-like” abilities. The equipment is part of the improved Army Mountaineering Kit. The new kit, developed by Project Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment, will help Soldiers traverse cliffs and mountain faces, and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-introduces-four-new-mountaineering-climbing-kits-58880/

DefenceTalkThe first vehicle in a major upgrade of Norway’s CV9030 armored vehicle fleet was handed over to our customer yesterday by Tommy Gustafsson-Rask, President of BAE Systems Hägglunds AB. The new vehicle fleet has significantly enhanced protection, survivability, situational awareness and interoperability, incorporating lessons learned from Norwegian, Swedish and Danish operations in Afghanistan with CV90. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/latest-norwegian-cv90-is-most-advanced-yet-58878/

DefenceTalkThe Pentagon plans to scale back the US Army by more than an eighth to its lowest level since before World War II, signaling a shift after more than a decade of ground wars. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recommended shrinking US forces from 520,000 active duty troops to between 440,000 and 450,000. In a speech […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-proposes-to-shrink-us-army-to-pre-wwii-level-58851/

DefenceTalkDefence and security company Saab’s man-portable weapon system Carl-Gustaf has been chosen by the U.S. Department of the Army to be a Program of Record within the U.S. Army. This means that the world leading shoulder-fired weapon system, with a long service record with the U.S. Special Operations Forces, will now become standard issue to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-selects-saabs-carl-gustaf-man-portable-weapon-system-58833/

DefenceTalkPakistani fighter jets on Sunday launched air strikes on militant hideouts in the northwest, killing at least 38 people, according to officials, in the latest retaliation for attacks by the insurgents that have derailed peace talks. The early morning strikes made on militant hideouts in the Tirah valley of the Khyber tribal district were the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-air-force-strikes-on-militant-hideouts-kill-at-least-38-58847/