DefenceTalkIn preparation of Network Integration Evaluation, or NIE, 15.2, Fort Bliss, Texas, transforms into the epicenter for one-of-a-kind vehicles equipped with the most technologically advanced Army network systems. Engineers, technicians and Soldiers are beginning to immerse the Integration Motor Pool, or IMP, to integrate systems onto the vehicles that will be used during NIE. During […]https://www.defencetalk.com/unique-army-tactical-vehicles-integrated-network-integration-evaluation-63427/

DefenceTalkEuropean Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker on Sunday called for the creation of an EU army in the wake of rising tensions with Russia. Juncker said the force could help counter new threats beyond the bloc’s borders and defend European “values”, in an interview with Germany’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper. “You would not create a European […]https://www.defencetalk.com/commission-chief-juncker-calls-for-eu-army-63413/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, or USARIEM, once again partnered with the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment to study nutrition and physiological responses to cold-weather training. For the second time in three years, researchers from USARIEM traveled to Norway to study Norwegian soldiers participating in cold-weather training. About 75 Norwegian soldiers, from the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-researchers-norway-nutrition-cold-stress-study-arctic-extremes-63384/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army science and technology community is charting the future of military vertical lift aviation that will enable warfighters to accomplish missions not possible today. The Army, supported by NASA and the Navy, is combining its areas of technical expertise to accomplish the aggressive scientific and engineering goals necessary to develop a new fleet […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-engineers-define-future-aviation-fleet-63374/

DefenceTalkArmy researchers, scientists and engineers are moving forward to develop aviation technology solutions to support future Soldiers. “Aviation is key to our ability to accomplish a wide range of missions in complex environments, as well as being a cornerstone of Army lethality,” said Maj. Gen. John F. Wharton, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-seeks-to-boost-aircraft-performance-survivability-63368/

DefenceTalkBeginning with the early stages of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, the Army has steadily increased its electronic warfare, or EW, capabilities from both a manpower and equipment standpoint. In particular, significant progress has been ongoing since the Army re-established its EW corps and stood up the Project Manager Electronic Warfare office in 2009 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-army-tool-enhances-electronic-warfare-capabilities-63377/

DefenceTalk“Five, 10, 15, 20 years from now, you’ll be executing our future strategy to meet complex problems we have around the world,” said Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno. The general spoke Feb. 26, to an audience of 84 captains from around the Army, as part of the three-day Solarium 2015 conference at the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/solarium-2015-developing-agile-adaptive-leaders-63340/

DefenceTalkParatroopers, with U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, performed the largest U.S. airborne mission north of the Arctic Circle in more than a decade during Exercise Spartan Pegasus 15, Feb. 24. This exercise demonstrated their unique ability to rapidly mass power on an objective in extremely cold and austere […]https://www.defencetalk.com/exercise-spartan-pegasus-demonstrates-joint-military-partnership-63343/

DefenceTalkResearchers are refining for Army use a commercial technology that will allow Soldiers to accurately and rapidly detect an array of chemical and biological hazards – from mustard agent to anthrax – and then transmit those results to their higher command. At the same time, the technology is smart enough to differentiate between those chemicals […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-devices-may-soon-help-soldiers-detect-chemicals-bio-threats-63196/

DefenceTalkArmy researchers made an important discovery during metals testing that could impact the way the structural health of current and future military vehicles are deemed “healthy and more efficient.” The discovery may lead to saving time and money, as well as prolonging the life of critical platforms. “Military structures operating in such environments respond in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-scientists-how-predict-damage-future-military-vehicles-63040/