DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan for DDG 7 and 8 AEGIS Combat System, Underwater Weapon System, Cooperative Engagement Capability and associated equipment, parts and logistical support for an estimated cost of $1.5 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-to-buy-1-5bn-weapons-package-for-two-new-aegis-destroyers-64973/

DefenceTalkThe McDonnell Douglas (currently Boeing) F-15E, otherwise known as the Strike Eagle, is an all-weather, twin-engine, tandem-seat jet fighter. As a high-supersonic strike fighter based on the F-15 Eagle family of air superiority fighters, the F-15E was designed in 1978 to fill the role of a “Dual Role” fighter; one capable of penetrating deep inside […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-15e-the-eagle-soars-even-higher-64914/

DefenceTalkThe US will deploy heavy weapons in central and eastern Europe for the first time, Washington said Tuesday, in the midst of the worst stand-off between Russia and the West since the Cold War, triggered by the crisis in Ukraine. “We will temporarily stage one armoured brigade combat team’s vehicles and associated equipment in countries […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-deploy-heavy-weapons-on-natos-eastern-flank-64647/

DefenceTalkSoldiers, from the 76th Iraqi Infantry Brigade, received M16A2 rifles and infantry equipment sets, May 24-26, as part of the fielding of combat brigade equipment sets supplied to Iraqi Security Forces from the United States to support the fight against Daesh. Under the direction of the 3rd Sustainment Brigade Forward Support Element on Fort Stewart, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-supplies-critical-weapons-to-iraqi-forces-in-fight-against-isil-64533/

DefenceTalkMoscow has strongly criticized a proposed United States initiative to station military equipment along NATO’s eastern border. It would be the most aggressive act since the Cold War, a Russian defense official said. According to the Russian news agency Interfax, defense ministry official General Yuri Yakubov on Monday slammed the reported Pentagon proposal to store […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-would-retaliate-to-pentagon-weapon-stationing-plan-official-64521/

DefenceTalkGame-changer armament technologies come just once in a blue moon, said Michael Zoltoski, chief of the Army Research Lab’s Lethality Division. The first blue moon moment came during the 1950s, with the development of tactical nuclear weapons, he said. The second was during the mid-1980s, with the introduction of stealth, precision-guided munitions and armaments linked […]https://www.defencetalk.com/third-armaments-revolution-set-to-unfold-64014/

DefenceTalkNothing is more basic to a warfighter than aiming and firing a weapon and coordinating that task with others – a process known as fire control. But ever since weapons systems became computerized, there has not been a common fire control system across the various Army weapons platforms. That is not a good thing, said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-works-toward-common-fire-control-across-weapons-platforms-63991/

DefenceTalkThe Army is on the cusp of revolutionizing materials that go into armament construction, making for stronger, lighter and more durable weapons, Dr. Andrew Littlefield said. The key to this revolution is composite materials, said Littlefield, who is a mechanical engineer at the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center at Picatinny Arsenal, New […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-looks-to-composites-for-tougher-lighter-armaments-63966/

DefenceTalkA court ordered a Cuba-bound Chinese ship loaded with undeclared weapons to sail for Havana on Tuesday, saying the arms could not be unloaded and might pose a safety threat. Da Dan Xia, which has been held since last month, was loaded with undeclared military equipment including about 100 tonnes of gunpowder, 99 projectile bases […]https://www.defencetalk.com/colombia-orders-chinese-ship-with-weapons-to-sail-for-cuba-63936/

DefenceTalkSoldiers, from two U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal, or EOD, companies, eliminated more than 75,000 pounds of explosives during operations in New Mexico over the past month. The 734th EOD Company demolished 15,000 pounds of explosives at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and the 741st EOD Company destroyed 60,000 pounds of ordnance at New […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-troops-destroy-75000-pounds-of-explosives-in-new-mexico-63889/