DefenceTalkResearch advances in mental health and care provided for Soldiers is light years ahead of what it was during the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the director of Army Medical Command told Congress. Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, Army surgeon general, testified at a House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee on Mental […]https://www.defencetalk.com/funding-for-mental-health-research-yielding-results-47459/

DefenceTalkThe Pentagon late Thursday said North Korea does not have nuclear-armed missiles, playing down an intelligence report leaked earlier in the day which said Pyongyang had the capability to build atomic warheads that could be fitted on missiles. Pentagon spokesman George Little says it would be inaccurate to suggest the North has fully tested, developed, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-inaccurate-to-say-north-korea-has-nuclear-armed-missiles-47447/

DefenceTalkThe world spent less on weapons and military services in 2012 than the year before, the first annual drop since 1998, a Swedish think tank said on Monday. But despite the overall decrease, driven mainly by budget cuts in the Western countries, China and Russia both boosted spending last year, the Stockholm International Peace Research […]https://www.defencetalk.com/world-spends-less-on-military-sipri-47470/

DefenceTalkA versatile new suite of modular appliances promises to make feeding Soldiers in the field a more energy-efficient, cleaner, cooler and quieter process. Product Manager Force Sustainment Systems, or PM FSS, and the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center’s Department of Defense Combat Feeding Directorate have teamed up to produce prototypes of the new […]https://www.defencetalk.com/modular-appliances-to-dramatically-improve-field-feeding-47461/

DefenceTalkA new amphibious armored personnel carrier (APC), the BTR-82AM, is undergoing a series of trials at the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s naval infantry facility in Sevastopol, fleet spokesman Capt. 1St Rank Vyacheslav Trukhachev said on Thursday. During the trials, the BTR-82AM, which is due to replace the military’s workhorse, the BTR-80, will cover “dozens of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-tests-new-amphibious-armored-vehicle-47474/

DefenceTalkThe Iranian Military has successfully test-fired three new domestically produced missiles, the Fars News Agency reported on Saturday. “Three types of missiles developed by the Army and the Defense Industries have been successfully test-fired in the Ground Force’s recent wargames,” the agency quoted Commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Force Lt. Gen. Kioumars Heydari as […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-test-fires-three-new-missiles-47472/

DefenceTalkRaytheon was awarded a Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) border security contract valued at $35.9 million. Under the nearly three-year base contract, Raytheon will design, develop and implement an integrated surveillance system along parts of the Jordanian border. Also, the contract requires Raytheon to provide training, maintenance and repair, as well as equipment. “Raytheon’s global […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-awarded-dtra-border-security-contract-47466/

DefenceTalkGuam has raised its official threat level and on Thursday tested its emergency alert system after warnings from North Korea identifying the island as a potential missile target. With a North Korean missile test expected at any time, authorities said the US territory in the western Pacific was on yellow alert, the middle phase of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/guam-heightens-alert-level-after-north-korea-threats-47445/

DefenceTalkThe Army agrees with the recently released DOD Inspector General report that found two Army organizations did not follow policies for tracking and configuring commercial mobile devices using the Android, Apple iOS, and Windows operating systems between October 2010 and May 2012. Both the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-assures-commercial-mobile-devices-are-secure-47443/

DefenceTalkUpon release of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2014 budget here April 10, the services’ senior leaders said the shadow of sequestration in 2013 and on-going fiscal uncertainty will affect critical programs and objectives for years to come. While Air Force officials have scrambled to minimize impacts on readiness and people, the bow-wave of reductions, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fy-14-budget-sequester-puts-key-air-force-objectives-at-risk-47441/