DefenceTalkBy 2019 the Polish army will get an additional three hundred and seven vehicles. The Agreement was signed in the presence of the Minister of National Defense Tomasz Siemoniak and Deputy Minister Waldemar Skrzypczak by the head of the Inspectorate of Armaments and the CEO of WZM S.A. Mr. Adam Janik stated that the first […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-orders-307-amv-rosomaks-vehicles-49500/

DefenceTalkThe US military has invested billions in blimp-like aircraft to track militants planting roadside bombs but the spyship experiment is losing altitude because of technical failures and changing priorities. The lighter-than-air projects were billed as an innovative revival of an old aircraft design to conduct “unblinking” surveillance on the battlefield — at a fraction of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-militarys-airship-programs-lose-altitude-49487/

DefenceTalkRussia will expand its airbase in Kyrgyzstan at the end of the year ahead of the shutdown of a US base in the country, a senior commander said Saturday. The number of planes at Russia’s Kant airbase in the country “will at least double by this December,” Viktor Sevastyanov, a senior Russian air force commander, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-expand-kyrgyzstan-military-base-official-49492/

DefenceTalkRaytheon Company successfully completed an initial round of live-fire testing with a new U.S. Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle Anti-Tank (LAV-AT) weapon system. The upgraded, highly mobile, anti-armor LAV-AT weapon system is designed to protect reconnaissance and light infantry. Its mission is to defeat threats at long-range, day or night, and in all weather conditions. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-test-fires-enhanced-anti-tank-weapon-system-49475/

DefenceTalkAs new technologies emerge and new cyber and electronic warfare threats plague Soldiers in the field, U.S. Army scientists and engineers continue to define next-generation protocols and system architectures to help develop technology capabilities to combat these threats in an integrated and expedited fashion. As part of the Integrated Cyber and Electronic Warfare, or ICE, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-looks-to-blend-cyber-electronic-warfare-capabilities-on-the-battlefield-49472/

DefenceTalkThe Program Executive Office for Ammunition’s Enhanced Performance Round program shaved off more than $20 million dollars in a value engineering project aimed at renovating the bullet production lines and improving the program’s purchasing strategies. The M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round, or EPR, is the newest member of the Army’s small-caliber family of munitions fired from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/improvements-to-armys-new-5-56mm-production-lines-49452/

DefenceTalkCountries throughout the Asia-Pacific region are “excited by our increased participation here,” said the Army component commander for that area. “We intend to put into motion a pathway of activity (for the Army) into multiple countries for extended periods of time, linking a series of events and exercises on a variety of topics, said Gen. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-seeking-in-depth-engagements-in-asia-pacific-theater-49450/

DefenceTalkSoldiers from 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery, held a 10-day exercise, Sept. 22 through Oct. 1, with the host nation’s 97th Heavy Artillery Regiment, in the United Arab Emirates. The live-fire exercise tested joint capabilities for the first time between the two units that operate the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, known as HIMARS. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/field-artillery-completes-joint-exercise-in-united-arab-emirates-49431/

DefenceTalkU.S. Special Operations Command wants its operators to be protected with what it informally calls an Iron Man suit, named after the fictional superhero. In September, U.S. Special Operations Command, known as SOCOM, made a Broad Agency Announcement for proposals for prototypes of the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit, or TALOS. The goal of TALOS […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iron-man-style-suit-in-early-stages-of-development-49428/

DefenceTalkCybersecurity is critical to protecting Army systems from sophisticated attacks on military networks in the face of ever increasing importance of cyber systems. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory has established a Collaborative Research Alliance, or CRA, which will include an alliance of ARL, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, academia and industry researchers […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-announces-cybersecurity-collaborative-research-alliance-to-explore-underlying-cyber-science-49390/