DefenceTalkThe Army learned the art of adaptation throughout the last 12 years of war, but is now moving into a period of innovation that will require critical investments for the force of the future. “Adaptation is driven by some emergency and arguably what we’ve done for the last dozen years at war,” said Lt. Gen. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-entering-period-of-innovation-critical-investments-47260/

DefenceTalkResearchers at one of China’s top universities collaborated with a Chinese army unit accused of carrying out hacking attacks on the United States, academic papers published online show. The elite Shanghai Jiaotong University conducted network security research with People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Unit 61398, the co-authored papers accessed by AFP Sunday reveal. A US security […]https://www.defencetalk.com/papers-link-top-china-university-to-army-hacking-unit-47252/

DefenceTalkArmy electronic warfare is an evolving capability for the Army. Col. Jim Ekvall, the Headquarters, Department of the Army G-39 Electronic Warfare Division chief, had the opportunity to speak at the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement Electronic Warfare Summit, March 19, which just so happened to be the tenth anniversary of the beginning of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-electronic-warfare-evolutionary-path-presented-at-ew-summit-47244/

DefenceTalkThe Colombian Army has formally inducted five new Sikorsky S-70i multi-mission helicopters into its fleet of Black Hawk aircraft. Colombia is the first South American country to buy the S-70i Black Hawk helicopter variant from Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (UTX). “We are honored by the trust the Colombian Armed Forces continue […]https://www.defencetalk.com/colombian-army-takes-delivery-of-five-s-70i-black-hawk-helicopters-47242/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army Reserve’s only Theater Support Group gathered its nearly 100 Soldiers from across the Pacific to conduct its first-ever consolidated annual training event, here and at Bellows Marine Corp Training Base, March 6-13. The U.S. Army Reserve Theater Support Group-Pacific, which was activated in 2009 and provides base operations and installation support to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-reserve-theater-support-group-pacific-conducts-first-ever-annual-training-event-47247/

DefenceTalkThe Army is developing a new Advanced Multi-Purpose 120mm tank round that combines six different capabilities into a single round, service officials said. The Advanced Multi-Purpose, or AMP, is ready to enter into the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase after a prototype successfully demonstrated Technology Readiness Level 6 through a science and technology program at […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-developing-new-120mm-amp-tank-round-47228/

DefenceTalkWith two units now readying for Afghanistan with the Army’s new tactical communications network, the service will continue to drive technology forward through its next Network Integration Evaluation this spring. Soldier training, vehicle integration, system check-outs and other preparations are well underway in advance of Network Integration Evaluation, or NIE, 13.2, which begins in May […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-prepares-for-next-network-integration-evaluation-47169/

DefenceTalkArmy planners are rethinking how their service will acquire 700 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters over the next 14 years in light of declining procurement budgets. InsideDefense reported on March 6 that the Army’s fiscal 2014 budget request will defer any new production of the service’s airborne tank-killer until 2018 at the earliest, relying entirely on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/budget-cuts-force-army-to-delay-production-of-new-apache-helicopters-47156/

DefenceTalkNine Finnish citizens are suspected of involvement in the export of tank parts to Syria from Russia via Finland. The shipment of tank parts was discovered in Vuosaari harbour, in eastern Helsinki, on 8 January. The container in question was due to be shipped to Syria on board the Finnlines vessel M/S Finnsun. It contained […]https://www.defencetalk.com/customs-board-continues-syrian-tank-export-probe-47152/

DefenceTalkAerial demonstrations have been halted. Army band performances and the Army Birthday Ball are canceled. Communities across America are seeing less of the United States Army because of sequestration. The across-the-board budget cuts are drastically impacting a very visible mission of the Army, engaging and interacting with the American people. The Army has a wide […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-outreach-cut-by-sequestration-47166/