DefenceTalk“Sentient data” that can feel and perceive things might one day protect Soldiers and their networks, a leading scientist said. Thomas F. Greco, director of intelligence, G-2, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, spoke during a media roundtable, April 30, about findings from the TRADOC-sponsored 2015 Mad Scientist Conference at Georgetown University, held […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sentient-data-may-one-day-augment-soldier-capability-64079/

DefenceTalkWith the target in sight, instructions are relayed to waiting artillerymen – a fire mission is underway. With a deep thud, followed by a brief moment of eerie silence, massive explosions erupt downrange – another enemy has been wiped from the battlefield. Such was the intent as fires teams of various NATO allies came together […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-allies-make-splash-during-exercise-flaming-thunder-64023/

DefenceTalkThe fourteenth (14th) edition of Indo-French naval exercise (VARUNA) started with the arrival of four French naval ships at Goa today. Representing the French Navy is aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, two destroyers Chevalier Paul and Jean de Vienne, replenishment tanker Meuse and a maritime patrol aircraft Atlantique 2. The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-french-naval-exercise-varuna-commences-at-goa-63959/

DefenceTalkGRAFENWOEHR, Germany: U.S. and German Soldiers teamed up to kick off a bilateral training exercise in Germany, April 16, as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve. Operation Freedom Shock, which is scheduled to run through April 28, includes troops from 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and the German […]https://www.defencetalk.com/operation-letzlingen-shock-begins-in-germany-63941/

DefenceTalkAn MQ-9 Reaper successfully hit a sea-going target with an AGM-114 Hellfire missile during a joint service training exercise over the Gulf of Mexico on March 17. This was the first time a remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) hit a maritime target. “It was the first time we had put live weapons into boats and participated […]https://www.defencetalk.com/reaper-deploys-live-weapons-on-maritime-training-target-63726/

DefenceTalkCAE today announced that the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has accepted into service the first of two MH-60R Seahawk Tactical Operational Flight Trainers (TOFT) along with an MH-60R Avionics Maintenance/Weapons Load Trainer (AM/WLT). The MH-60R simulators are located at HMAS Albatross, which is near Nowra in New South Wales and home of the Royal Australian […]https://www.defencetalk.com/royal-australian-navy-mh-60r-seahawk-training-63715/

DefenceTalkRussian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered a drill of some 38,000 troops in the Arctic as part of a major show of strength amid tensions with the West over Ukraine. Putin put the Northern Fleet on full combat readiness in a snap inspection of Moscow’s military power in the strategic region. “New challenges and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-flexes-muscles-with-arctic-military-drills-63525/

DefenceTalkDefence technology and auto parts group Rheinmetall has demanded 120 million euros in damages from the German government after Berlin blocked a major contract with Russia over the Ukraine conflict, reports said Friday. The contract signed in June 2011 and worth 100 million euros ($105 million) involved providing a camp to train 30,000 Russian troops […]https://www.defencetalk.com/defence-firm-wants-damages-from-germany-over-blocked-russia-contract-63530/

DefenceTalkNATO exercises in April and June will test progress of a new rapid reaction force created in the wake of the Ukraine crisis, alliance officials said Wednesday. “This will be the first opportunity to see the interim Very High Readiness Joint Task Force in action,” a NATO official told a briefing at the alliance’s military […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-exercises-to-test-readiness-upgrade-63456/

DefenceTalkThree Army technologies were in play at the recently conducted Army Expeditionary Warfighter Experiment, or AEWE, on Fort Benning, Georgia. “AEWE is [Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC] live, prototype experimentation campaign,” said Harry J. Lubin, chief of the experimentation branch, Maneuver Center of Excellence. This year, 66 industry and military technologies participated in AEWE. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-warfighter-experiment-highlights-new-technologies-63430/