ISAF Rosomak M1M(click to view full) Poland's 2002 export order for 690 armored vehicles put Patria's AMV on the international map. Now, the Poles are ordering another 307, which will be built in-country at WZM SA's Siemianowice Slaskie plant. Terms weren't disclosed,...
* The Afghan government, taking example from Pakistan, is trying to submit the US logistics flow out of their country to outrageous customs fees. * In its latest report [PDF], the Pentagon's Defense Security Service (DSS) continues to see East Asia as the primary...
The last quarterly report [PDF] from SIGIR (the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction) included an interview with OSC-I (Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq) head Lieutenant General Robert Caslen. Among other things, it provides an interesting breakdown of...
* The FY14 US defense appropriations bill (HR 2397) may be taken up by the House of Representatives in days to come under a somewhat unusual process that would limit amendments, reports the Hill. * US defense secretary Hagel announced a 20% cut of the staff at his...
TALON & IED(click to view full) Pakistan's civil war has ebbed somewhat over the last couple of years, but it hasn't gone away, and Pakistani Taliban guerrillas will eventually return from Syria. Land mines and improvised explosives remain a problem, and the return of...
ITAS on the Firing Range(click to view full) ITAS (improved target acquisition system) was originally designed to provide an advanced fire control system for the TOW anti-armor missile, significantly increasing target detection, acquisition, recognition and engagement...
* Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a massive surprise exercise last Friday in the Eastern Military District, which he is now overseeing himself. With 160,000 men, 5,000 tanks and armored vehicles, 130 aircraft, and 70 warships, nothing of this scale had been...
* According to a German financial newspaper, vehicle manufacturers Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Nexter are well on their way to negotiate a merger. Handelsblatt [in German] | Les Echos [in French]. * 5 Chinese ships coming back from a joint exercise with Russia...
* US congressman John Barrow [D-GA, centrist voting track record] introduced a bill (H.R. 2613) to exempt civilian DoD staff from furloughs, in addition to military personnel already exempt since before the furloughs started. That bill does not look very likely to get...