Army leaders have issued a full list of programs eliminated or reduced during the latest “night court” review, designed to help fund modernization priorities amid the Fiscal Year 2021 budget request. In all, more than $1.2 billion was freed from legacy programs throughout the Army, with more than $868.9 million from 39 reductions, and $324.1 […]

The United States must maintain overmatch — be stronger, better armed, or more skillful than its adversaries, the Army secretary said at the Brooking Institution in Washington. Ryan D. McCarthy addressed Indo-Pacific region Army strategy at the nonprofit public policy organization today. “Our modernization focus — how we fight, what we fight with and who […]

DefenceTalkThis year, as part of a Strategic Portfolio Analysis and Review, or SPAR, the Army will “rank order” all 780 or so of its equipment programs — from helicopters to boots to rifles — in terms of their impact on warfighting. The results of that analysis will be made available to Army leaders to help […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-ranking-780-programs-for-modernization-68235/

DefenceTalkIndia’s Ministry of Defense has opened up negotiations with local private entity Larsen & Toubro (L&T) regarding pricing for at least 100 modified variants of South Korea’s Samsung Techwin K-9 self-propelled howitzers. The acquisition is estimated at $800 million and if consummated would meet one of the Indian Army’s longstanding artillery requirements under its Field […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-tries-to-move-ahead-on-another-artillery-program-66423/

DefenceTalkThe United States Army is acquiring upgrade kits to make the combat-proven Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense system better at detecting and destroying threats, cost less to operate, and run even more reliably than it already does. The U.S. Army recently awarded Raytheon Company (RTN) a contract modification to an existing contract for radar […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-invests-in-patriot-radar-modernization-upgrades-65816/

DefenceTalkToday Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced the U.S. Air Force’s decision to award the contract for the new, nuclear-armed, long-range penetrating strike bomber (or B3) program, which would cost in excess of $100 billion to design and build 80-100 of the planes. The bomber buy is just one part of the Pentagon’s plan to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/bomber-contract-highlights-unrealistic-nuclear-modernization-strategy-say-experts-65704/

DefenceTalkThe Philippines can only afford a “frugal” military upgrade, defence officials said Monday, even though maritime tensions with China are growing. Despite a proposed 25 percent rise in next year’s defence budget, the government must still divide resources between external defence and internal threats like insurgencies and natural disasters, Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and other […]https://www.defencetalk.com/philippines-cant-afford-military-modernization-65050/

DefenceTalkChina is building a modern and regionally powerful navy with a limited but growing capability for conducting operations beyond China’s near-seas region. Observers of Chinese and U.S. military forces view China’s improving naval capabilities as posing a potential challenge in the Western Pacific to the U.S. Navy’s ability to achieve and maintain control of blue-water […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-naval-modernization-implications-for-us-navy-capabilities-3-64983/

DefenceTalkThe need for modernization of the U.S. nuclear forces was made clear by speakers at a strategic nuclear enterprise symposium here, Sept. 18. “We’re here to share thoughts about the current state of, and the way forward for the nuclear strategic deterrent enterprise.” said Mark Jantzer, the Task Force 21 chairman. Much of the discussion […]https://www.defencetalk.com/modernization-of-us-nuclear-forces-not-optional-60619/

DefenceTalkAirbus Defence and Space has delivered the last of nine P-3 Orion anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft modernized with new systems and avionics for the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). The aircraft has been ferried from Seville, Spain to Salvador de Bahía, Brazil, where it will be based. The nine aircraft were acquired by the FAB from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-completes-p-3-orion-modernisation-for-brazilian-air-force-60279/