DefenceTalkSoldiers from United States Army Pacific, Hawaii Army National Guard and Army Corps of Engineers along with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency participated with the People’s Liberation Army in a Disaster Management Exchange, Nov. 12 -14 at Marine Corps Training Area-Bellows, Hawaii. The 2013 DME is a subject matter expert exchange focused on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-china-conduct-disaster-management-exchange-49712/

DefenceTalkBAE Systems received a contract worth up to $688 million from the U.S. Army to begin Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) of the Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) program. The PIM is a significant upgrade of the M109A6 Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzer, restoring space, weight, and power-cooling, while providing growth potential for emerging technologies. “The award is a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/bae-systems-to-begin-production-of-paladin-integrated-management-49537/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman has supplied the final batch of Platform Management System (PMS) hardware for the Royal Navy’s Astute-class series’ boat 5 submarine. Under a performance partnering arrangement, Northrop Grumman’s Sperry Marine business unit supplied the PMS to BAE Systems Maritime-Submarines for installation on Astute Boat 5, Anson, at its shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, U.K. The PMS […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-delivers-platform-management-system-for-uk-royal-navys-astute-submarine-49048/

DefenceTalkThe Department of Defense’s (DOD) Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has made some recent progress gaining important knowledge for its Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) by successfully conducting several important tests. In addition, the agency made substantial improvements to the clarity of its cost and schedule baselines since first reporting them in 2010, and declared the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/missile-defense-opportunity-to-refocus-on-strengthening-acquisition-management-47747/

DefenceTalkWith the sequestration doomsday clock clicking ever closer to midnight, the Pentagon has weighed in with its apocalyptic predictions. As described in text and multi-colored charts, the services will respond to sequestration by, in part, furloughing hundreds of thousands of civilian employees, eliminating planned maintenance events for hundreds of ships, planes and vehicles, reducing training […]https://www.defencetalk.com/is-a-hollow-military-better-than-one-that-is-too-small-46731/

DefenceTalkIndia’s defence minister said Wednesday that New Delhi was concerned by Pakistan’s decision last month to transfer management of a strategically located deep-sea port to China. “In one sentence, it is a matter of concern for us,” A.K. Antony told reporters in Bangalore where he inaugurated the Indian air show. “My answer is very straightforward […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-concerned-over-china-running-pakistan-port-46685/