DefenceTalkGerman arms manufacturer Kraus-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has just closed a billion dollar deal with Qatar that was five years in the making. On Thursday (18.04.2013), the Munich-based company announced that it signed a contract to deliver 62 Leopard 2 tanks and 24 self-propelled howitzers to the emirate. The price for the arms: roughly 1.9 billion […]https://www.defencetalk.com/german-firm-arms-qatar-with-tanks-47555/

DefenceTalkBERGEN, Germany: One-up, two-up, echelon left, echelon right and bounding-over-watch. These are fighting formations that the 48th Battalion, Singapore Armored Regiment (48 SAR) has executed with Leopard 2SG Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) at Exercise Panzer Strike in Germany. Held on the undulating plains of Bergen-NATO training area – whose live-firing ranges provide three times the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/singapore-armor-trains-in-germany-47562/

DefenceTalkBeginning Aug. 1, 2013, every Soldier who elects to transfer their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to a family member will incur an additional four years in the Army, without regard to their time in service. “This policy was drafted in 2009 and takes effect Aug. 1, 2013. It is important that we inform Soldiers of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-post-911-gi-bill-transfer-policy-to-take-effect-august-1-47546/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman Corporation has launched CUTLASS, its latest generation unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), expanding its range of industry-leading capabilities in unmanned systems for the remote handling and surveillance of hazardous threats. CUTLASS has been designed, developed and manufactured by Northrop Grumman in the U.K., and includes significant advances in technology and performance and a range […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-launches-cutlass-next-generation-unmanned-ground-vehicle-47536/

DefenceTalkWith the growing threat of improvised explosive devices over the past decade, Army researchers have been hard at work testing and evaluating ways to keep Soldiers safe from bomb blasts. The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command analyzes under-body blasts, known as UBB. Researchers at the Army Research Laboratory Survivability and Lethality Analysis Directorate, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-researchers-improve-vehicle-design-with-blast-tests-47521/

DefenceTalkWe have delivered a new variant of our CV90 Armadillo, finished in traditional Danish Army camouflage, to the Danish Army Oksbol base for competitive evaluation to meet Denmark’s armored personnel carrier requirement Class-leading protection and optimum mission flexibility Trials – involving five different vehicles – begin mid-April and will continue until September with contract scheduled […]https://www.defencetalk.com/bae-delivers-cv90-for-danish-evaluation-47517/

DefenceTalkA fully equipped Soldier may carry anywhere from 50 to 120 pounds on his or her back in theater. Refinements to precision-guided parachutes may reduce that load — if the Army can just convince Soldiers it can provide supplies to them as needed. Brig. Gen. Paul A. Ostrowski, with Program Executive Officer, Soldier, known as […]https://www.defencetalk.com/refined-precision-guided-parachutes-may-be-cure-all-for-overburdened-soldier-47494/

DefenceTalkThe Army’s assistant secretary for Installations, Energy and Environment was back on Capitol Hill along with Defense Department and service counterparts to request another round of base realignment and closure in fiscal year 2015. Katherine Hammack testified before the House Appropriations Committee, April 12, that as the Army reduces its force structure and end strength […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-requests-another-brac-round-in-fiscal-year-2015-47497/

DefenceTalkSoldiers will see a one percent pay raise in 2014. Their untaxed paycheck will also benefit from a 3.9 percent increase in basic allowance for housing and a 3.4 percent increase in basic allowance for subsistence as well. The Army announced April 10 its fiscal year 2014 budget request, which amounts to $129.7 billion — […]https://www.defencetalk.com/in-2014-soldiers-get-1-percent-raise-3-9-percent-increase-in-bah-47450/

DefenceTalkA new amphibious armored personnel carrier (APC), the BTR-82AM, is undergoing a series of trials at the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s naval infantry facility in Sevastopol, fleet spokesman Capt. 1St Rank Vyacheslav Trukhachev said on Thursday. During the trials, the BTR-82AM, which is due to replace the military’s workhorse, the BTR-80, will cover “dozens of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-tests-new-amphibious-armored-vehicle-47474/