DefenceTalkIsrael’s MOD has placed an order for RAFAEL’s SPIKE FireFly (known in the IDF as “MAOZ”) loitering munition. Jointly developed by RAFAEL and the IMOD, FireFly weighs only 3 kg and provides Behind-Cover Precision Attack Capabilities for the Dismounted Soldier. Ordered for the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) ground forces, FireFly was designed for fighting within […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-orders-rafaels-spike-firefly-loitering-munition-for-idf-75490/

DefenceTalkEvery year BAE Systems hosts representatives from the group of nations who operate the CV90 to share information that helps continuously evolve the Infantry Fighting Vehicle’s capabilities as an advanced and affordable combat vehicle. They are known as members of the CV90 Club and they come from all over Europe. The topics discussed are broad […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cv90-infantry-fighting-vehicle-innovating-by-warfighters-for-warfighters-74575/

DefenceTalkWhen the United States decided to position a force in Europe for credible deterrence, it had to bolster its capabilities. The Army set in motion several actions, including extending regionally aligned forces (RAF) rotations to nine months, having RAF operate “heel to toe,” and pre-positioning combat, combat support, and sustainment equipment in Europe. On Dec. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-expands-pre-positioned-stocks-in-europe-70500/

DefenceTalkThe European Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) and the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence have commissioned ARTEC GmbH to supply 88 high-protection BOXER vehicles to the Lithuanian army starting in 2017. ARTEC, a joint venture between Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall, will deliver the vehicles with medium-calibre weaponry in a remote-controlled turret. Consequently, the BOXER […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lithuania-boosts-army-with-88-boxer-vehicles-68030/

DefenceTalkJOINT TRAINING CENTER, Jordan: Soldiers with U.S. Army Central’s 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, partnered with soldiers of the Jordanian Armed Forces, or JAF, to plan and execute an ongoing mission readiness exercise, or MRX, near the JAF’s Joint Training Center, Jordan, that began, Jan. 17. JAF […]https://www.defencetalk.com/5-4-cav-partners-with-jordans-3rd-mech-brigade-66609/

DefenceTalkThe US military will inevitably have to lower its physical requirements so more women can fill infantry and commando roles, a top general said Friday. The comments from John Kelly, a four-star Marine general who is retiring from the head of the military’s Southern Command, came just over a month after Defense Secretary Ashton Carter […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-general-fears-military-will-lower-standards-for-women-66323/

DefenceTalkEquipment for the European Activity Set, or EAS, is scheduled to be turned in to the first forward-positioned sites beginning this week, Defense Department officials said. About 1,400 pieces of equipment that had been used in Operation Atlantic Resolve by Europe’s Regionally Aligned Force – 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division – will be turned in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-begins-positioning-equipment-in-eastern-europe-65983/

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/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army’s Benét Laboratories, which is collocated on the Watervliet Arsenal, recently announced that it has achieved a significant milestone in the research and development of an extended-range 120mm mortar ballistic test cannon that if fielded, will greatly increase the survivability of U.S. infantrymen. “After several years of research and design, we now have […]https://www.defencetalk.com/armys-benet-laboratories-develops-120mm-mortar-test-system-62921/

DefenceTalkWarfighters in aircraft, on ships and in ground vehicles have benefited tremendously from technological advances in recent decades, with advanced capabilities ranging from real-time situational awareness to precision armaments. But many of these benefits depend on equipment with substantial size, weight and power requirements, and so have remained unavailable to dismounted infantry squads who must […]https://www.defencetalk.com/squad-x-technologies-technological-advances-infantry-squad-62870/