DefenceTalkThe latest addition to the Brazilian Navy’s fleet departed the UK in the snow today for her new home in Rio de Janeiro where she will strengthen Brazil’s maritime security. APA is the second of three Amazonas Class Ocean Patrol Vessels being delivered to the Brazilian Navy by BAE Systems. Her sister ship, AMAZONAS, completed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/bae-delivers-second-amazonas-opv-to-brazil-47136/

DefenceTalkThe installation of the update to the whole Tranche 1 Typhoon fleet has been agreed following the successful delivery and assessment of Drop 2. The enhancement package, developed by our Capability Sustainment Team, provides capability upgrades to a wide range of Typhoon avionic systems covering the displays and controls, attack and identification, defensive aids and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/tranche-1-typhoon-fleet-is-upgraded-47131/

DefenceTalkRheinmetall formally transferred its new IdZ-ES future soldier system to the German Bundeswehr on 7 March 2013. Short for “Infanterist der Zukunft – Erweitertes System” or “Future Soldier – Expanded System”, IdZ-ES is also known as the “Gladius”. The handover ceremony coincided with the 10th Armoured Division’s traditional “International Division Skiing Championship” at Ruhpolding in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rheinmetall-delivers-gladius-soldier-system-47133/

DefenceTalkMore than 22,000 miles away, spinning silently through the vacuum of space, is one of the most critical components to air, space and cyberspace superiority today; a satellite. The mission to defend and protect the operability of that satellite rests a little closer to home, at the U.S. Air Forces Central Command Combined Air and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/combat-ops-space-cell-defending-critical-satellite-links-47142/

DefenceTalkMembers of the U.S. military and Japan Self Defense Forces teamed up here recently to conduct a week-long exercise focused on operational issues relating to missile defense in the Pacific theater. Japan Air Self Defense Force Maj. Gen. Masashi Yamada, the director of the Defense Plans and Operations Directorate at the Air Defense Command Headquarters, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-japan-refine-integrated-air-and-missile-defense-during-exercise-47140/

DefenceTalkThe Swedish Defence Material Administration signed a contract with Diehl Defence to deliver IRIS-T SLS surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems for the country’s armed forces. The new units comprising the IRIS-T missile, missile launching station and fire control system are to improve the national air defence by protection against air attacks from a large variety of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sweden-orders-iris-t-air-defense-missiles-47128/

DefenceTalkBeijing must take steps to investigate and halt cybercrime, a top US official said Monday, warning the international community cannot tolerate the widespread hacking coming from China. “This is not solely a national security concern or a concern of the US government,” National Security Advisor Tom Donilon told The Asia Society. “Increasingly, US businesses are […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-urges-china-to-probe-halt-cyber-spying-47120/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea and the United States launched joint drills Monday involving thousands of troops, defying North Korea’s apocalyptic threat to repudiate the 60-year-old Korean War armistice in retaliation. The start of the two-week “Key Resolve” exercise follows a week of escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula, with North Korea also threatening nuclear war over UN […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-us-drills-start-as-north-rejects-armistice-47118/

DefenceTalkCombined forces from the U.S. Air Force, Royal Thai air force and Republic of Singapore air force joined forces today to execute Cope Tiger 13 here March 10. The annual field training exercise, comprised of aviation and ground units, is designed to enhance interoperability and relations amongst each nation’s air forces. “Cope Tiger offers U.S. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cope-tiger-13-commences-in-thailand-47115/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin delivered a P-3 Orion with new Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) modifications to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This is the seventh CBP P-3 the team has delivered ahead of or on schedule from its facility in Greenville, S.C., since July 2010. “This delivery continues to underscore our unique modification, maintenance, repair and overhaul […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-customs-and-border-protection-receives-seventh-upgraded-p-3-orion-47113/