DefenceTalkWorldwide arms trade has risen to its highest level since the Cold War in the last five years, driven by a demand from the Middle East and Asia, a study said Monday. Between 2012-2016, arms imports in terms of volume by countries in Asia and Oceania accounted for 43 percent of global imports, a 7.7 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/global-arms-trade-highest-since-cold-war-study-69184/

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/

DefenceTalkAir and surface sampling techniques currently used by the US government are effective in fighting bioterrorism and potentially saving lives, a Saint Louis University researcher finds. Results published in Biosecurity and Bioterrorism by Alexander Garza, M.D., MPH, former chief medical officer at the Department of Homeland Security and a team of researchers from Los Alamos […]https://www.defencetalk.com/study-validates-air-sampling-techniques-to-fight-bioterrorism-59582/

DefenceTalkTiny brain lesions are vastly more common in US Air Force pilots who fly at high altitudes than in non-pilots, according to a study released Monday. The findings in the journal Neurology describe an analysis of 102 pilots who fly U-2 reconnaissance aircraft at an altitude of some 21,000 meters (70,000 feet). These pilots, age […]https://www.defencetalk.com/study-finds-brain-lesions-in-spy-plane-pilots-48818/

DefenceTalkArmy commands can start thinking now about submitting study proposals to the Army Study Program Management Office for consideration this summer. Meghan Mariman, director of the Army Study Program Management Office, known as ASPMO, which is part of G-8 at the Pentagon, said that each year, her office pays for about 30 studies at the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-studies-range-from-virtual-marksmanship-to-waste-water-reuse-47081/