DefenceTalkFor the first time, Soldiers got to unleash the distinct “brrrt” gunfire of a 30-millimeter cannon mounted on top of a Stryker combat vehicle as part of testing last week at Maryland’s Aberdeen Proving Ground, the program’s manager said Tuesday. This summer, Soldiers with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment out of Vilseck, Germany, will get in-depth […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-test-stryker-upgraded-with-30mm-cannon-more-upgrades-to-come-68915/

DefenceTalkArmy Training and Doctrine Command will take another step toward designing the future force as it conducts the latest iteration of the game-based experiment Unified Challenge Jan. 23 through Feb. 3. Led by TRADOC’s Army Capabilities Integration Center, Concept Development and Learning Directorate, Unified Challenge 17.1 will use collaboration between joint and multinational partners to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/with-unified-challenge-tradoc-shapes-future-army-68921/

DefenceTalkA fleet of 20 AH-64 Apache aircraft from the 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division in Fort Bliss, Texas landed at the Corpus Christi Army Depot last week to prepare for their February deployment to Europe. The 1-501st, also known as the Iron Dragon Battalion, will deploy this February for a nine-month rotation […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-deploying-ah-64-apache-battalion-to-europe-68885/

DefenceTalkSIG SAUER, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Army has selected the SIG SAUER Model P320 to replace the M9 service pistol currently in use since the mid-1980’s. Released in 2014, the P320 is a polymer striker-fired pistol that has proven itself in both the United States and worldwide markets. The P320 is the first […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sig-sauer-awarded-the-us-army-contract-for-its-new-modular-handgun-system-mhs-68863/

DefenceTalkAmerica’s Army is a high-tech organization. “America’s Army,” the video game, is testament to this fact. The Army Game Studio at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, continually works to develop and enhance its educational, outreach and training tools, including the popular combat simulator game for computer platforms that first launched in 2002. The studio may be best […]https://www.defencetalk.com/game-studio-keeps-us-army-outreach-education-high-tech-68807/

DefenceTalkThe recent arrival in Poland of the U.S. Army, 4th Infantry Division’s 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team “marks a significant moment in European deterrence and defense,” Army Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, commander of U.S. European Command, said in a Eucom news release. In the release, Scaparrotti, who wears a second hat as NATO supreme allied […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eucom-commander-us-armored-brigades-deployment-to-poland-significant-68804/

DefenceTalkSoldiers offloading some 2,800 pieces of equipment from 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, including 87 tanks and 144 Bradley fighting vehicles, in the German port city of Bremerhaven in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. The convoy is heading for Poland for the upcoming NATO exercise.https://www.defencetalk.com/largest-deployment-of-us-armaments-since-cold-war-arrives-in-germany-68764/

DefenceTalkOshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, announced today that the U.S. Army has placed another order for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program including 409 vehicles, 1,984 installed kits, 82 packaged kits and related services and support. The order valued at more than $176 million, is the fourth order for JLTVs since the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-places-176-million-order-for-joint-light-tactical-vehicles-68745/

DefenceTalkThe first armored multi-purpose vehicle rolled off the production line in York, Pennsylvania, Thursday. The AMPV will replace the Army’s aging M113 family of vehicles that today make up 32 percent of the armored brigade combat team vehicle fleet, said Col. Mike Milner, project manager, AMPV, during the rollout ceremony. The M113 was first produced […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-armys-first-armored-multi-purpose-vehicle-rolls-off-production-line-68689/

DefenceTalkThe largest single Army-run shipment of ammunition to Europe in more than two decades, more than 600 shipping containers worth, arrived in Germany Oct. 29. The Army and Air Force ammunition arrived at the port in Nordenham, Germany, where it was loaded onto trains and shipped to Miesau Army Depot, Germany, for storage and distribution. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/the-biggest-ammo-shipment-in-20-years-arrives-in-germany-68557/