DefenceTalkNATO member Slovakia, which shares a border with Ukraine, said Tuesday it plans to buy 152 tracked combat vehicles from Sweden’s BAE Systems Hagglunds as it steps up its military capabilities. “The government has approved this historic project for the armed forces,” Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad said on his Facebook page. “We’re going to increase […]https://www.defencetalk.com/slovakia-to-buy-152-swedish-combat-vehicles-79057/

DefenceTalkBAE Systems has received a $113.5 million contract from the U.S. Marine Corps for an additional 26 Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV) under the Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) phase of the program. This award brings the total vehicle orders for the ACV to 116, and moves the program closer to full-rate production. The ACV is a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-marines-orders-amphibious-combat-vehicles-from-bae-systems-74307/

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND: To prepare for the future battlefield, the Army has defined a concept for its next generation of combat vehicles. These vehicles, encompassing a family of new platforms, will have advanced capabilities to ensure continued overmatch against adversaries for decades and beyond. Enhanced survivability is critical for these vehicles, and will be enabled […]

DefenceTalkSimilar to how a boxer with a longer reach finds it easier to hit an opponent, the Army is looking to punch through the standoff defenses of near-peer adversaries. Army Futures Command is behind many of the Army’s efforts to achieve that overmatch, which include over 30 projects within its Cross-Functional Teams that are responsible […]https://www.defencetalk.com/robotic-combat-vehicles-could-change-way-us-army-looks-fights-72363/

DefenceTalkGerman manufacturer Rheinmetall won a Aus$5.2 (US$4.1 billion) contract Wednesday to supply Australia with new armoured combat vehicles as Canberra boosts its defence capabilities. The deal will see Rheinmetall supply 211 of its Boxer CRV vehicles built with Australian steel by Australian workers, defeating a rival bid from BAE Systems. “The vehicles will provide improved […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germanys-rheinmetall-wins-australia-combat-vehicle-contract-71566/

DefenceTalkWithin five years, the Army would like to start testing remote combat vehicle prototypes which are unmanned, as light and as fast as a Stryker, but provide the same level of firepower as an M-1 Abrams tank, said Maj. Alan L. Stephens. Stephens, an Acquisition Corps officer at the Mounted Requirements Division of the U.S. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/remote-combat-vehicles-to-punch-as-hard-as-abrams-tanks-says-expert-70984/

DefenceTalkThe likelihood is high that the Army won’t get to pick the time and place of its choosing for the next battle, said Gen. Robert Abrams. But it’s likely that the next battle will take place in a megacity, said Abrams, commander of U.S. Army Forces Command. He spoke, Nov. 30, here during the Future […]https://www.defencetalk.com/next-generation-combat-vehicle-must-be-effective-in-megacities-forscom-commander-70906/

DefenceTalkSoldiers today move about in and conduct combat operations from, among other things, the Stryker, the Bradley, or the Abrams tank. But the Army has started work now to determine what will take Soldiers to the fight in 2035 and beyond. The Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia, provisionally stood up a cross-functional […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-looking-at-the-next-generation-of-combat-vehicles-70594/

DefenceTalkAs one of the first Soldiers to shoot a powerful 30 mm cannon from a new Stryker combat vehicle, Staff Sgt. Randall Engler was excited about what the weapon could do for his infantry squad. “It’s empowering,” said Engler, of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, which has asked the Army to give its Stryker fleet more […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-soldiers-in-europe-test-stryker-cannon-javelin-system-70294/

DefenceTalkU.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command team members are laser focused on the future of high energy lasers. Members of the USASMDC/ARSTRAT Technical Center’s Air and Missile Defense Directorate participated in the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization, or JIDO, UAS Hard-Kill Challenge at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, from Feb. 27 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-demonstrates-integration-of-laser-weapon-on-combat-vehicle-69542/