DefenceTalkThe market for military drones is expected to almost double by 2024 to beyond $10 billion (8.9 billion euros), according to a report published Friday by specialist defence publication IHS Jane’s Intelligence Review. “The global defence and security market for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will expand at 5.5 percent per year over this decade, from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/drone-market-to-hit-10-billion-by-2024-experts-65547/

DefenceTalkA blast ripped through a US military post near Tokyo early Monday, triggering a fire, the Pentagon confirmed, noting that no injuries had been reported. US Navy Commander Bill Urban, a spokesman, said the explosion occurred at a building at the Sagami Depot in the city of Sagamihara, some 25 miles (40 kilometres) southwest of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-confirms-blast-at-us-military-post-in-japan-65082/

DefenceTalkCAMP KONOTOP, Poland: Soldiers, from the U.S., Polish, and French armies, completed a multi-battalion-sized training exercise at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area in Poland, May 29. Although between NATO allies, Exercise Puma 15 marks the first time the partners have conducted with battalions from each respective nation. The annual Polish-led exercise simulated an operation, where armored […]https://www.defencetalk.com/exercise-puma-15-marks-first-for-u-s-polish-french-armies-64392/

DefenceTalkChina’s relationship with the US is “stable” despite tensions in the South China Sea, President Xi Jinping told top American diplomat John Kerry Sunday, adding that the Pacific Ocean is “vast enough” for both powers, state media said. Xi met with Kerry in Beijing as tensions between the world’s two biggest economies mount over Chinese […]https://www.defencetalk.com/xi-tells-kerry-pacific-ocean-big-enough-for-china-and-us-64237/

DefenceTalkThe United States is “deeply concerned” by some of China’s behavior but the top world powers do not need to be adversaries, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Monday as he prepared to head to Asia for key talks with regional allies. Speaking at Arizona State University before a trip aimed at underscoring President Barack […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-concerned-by-china-but-not-adversary-pentagon-chief-63737/

DefenceTalkThe Defense Department is seeking novel ideas to shape its future, and officials are looking to industry, small business, academia, start-ups, the public –- anyone, really –- to boost its ability to prevail against adversaries whose access to technology grows daily. The program, called the Long-Range Research and Development Plan, or LRRDP, began with an […]https://www.defencetalk.com/dod-seeks-novel-ideas-to-shape-its-technological-future-63297/

DefenceTalkThe United States is being outpaced in the technological advantages of potential allies such as Russia and China, but the solution to that problem does not necessarily exist in the defense budget, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry said in a Monday press conference. “I think one clear takeaway for me and for most […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-military-losing-race-in-technological-superiority-62648/

DefenceTalkUS Army cyber defenders released code to help detect and understand cyber attacks. The forensic analysis code called Dshell has been used, for nearly five years, as a framework to help the U.S. Army understand the events of compromises of Department of Defense networks. A version of Dshell was added to the GitHub social coding […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-cyber-defenders-open-source-code-in-new-github-project-62482/

DefenceTalkSpain said Friday it was starting negotiations with Washington to host a permanent US Marines intervention force for deployment on missions to Africa. The Spanish government said it was ready to permanently extend an agreement under which the force has been based at Moron de la Frontera, near Seville in southern Spain. The government approved […]https://www.defencetalk.com/spain-negotiates-permanent-us-marines-africa-force-62220/

DefenceTalkA recent report from the Congressional Research Service, which examines the cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and other global “War on Terror” operations since 9/11, calculates a cumulative (fiscal year 2001 through fiscal year 2014) nominal price tag of $1.6 trillion. Adding the war funding for fiscal year 2015 that was passed in December pushes the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/wars-in-the-middle-east-have-cost-taxpayers-almost-1-7-trillion-62208/