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Archive for January, 2011

Danger Close Consulting Products Now Available from Grey Group

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

GGT is now the exclusive retailer of Danger Close Consulting items. Not familiar you say?

www.greygrouptraining.com

Drive Nails with an Elzetta Flashlight at SHOT Show

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Weapon accessory manufacturer Elzetta has offered up an interesting challenge to those attending SHOT Show next week; use one of their flashlights to pound a nails into a 2×4. Let us know if you think their lights are “tough as nails.”

Try it out in booth #8406.

www.elzetta.com

Silynx Introducing New Products at SHOT Show

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

In addition to displaying their new Micro C4OPS system, Silynx will also be introducing the C4Grip.

Visit booth #5100.

FirstSpear Formally Launched

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

Scott Carver, FirstSpear founder has announced the formation of his new company concentrating on specialized load carrying and armor systems for warfighters. He has assembled one hell of a team and we wish him our best. Below is the press release in its entirety.

FirstSpear Utilizes Unique Technology Advancements and Focus to Provide Enhanced Capabilities for Warfighters and Professional Users

Saint Louis, MO, January 11, 2011 – Today, President and CEO, Scott Carver, announced the launch of FirstSpear, a company focused on the rapid design, development and delivery of Integrated Personal Protective Equipment and Enhanced Load Carriage Solutions for warfighters and professional users. The company will begin new product roll-outs in early 2011 and is already accepting orders for production.
FirstSpear’s founders have a legacy of designing, developing and producing some of the most widely used and sought after tactical equipment for military and law enforcement. Carver’s newest venture will focus on providing our men and women in uniform the next generation of mission-critical equipage. Based upon an unsurpassed understanding of operational requirements and dedication to ensuring high-speed fielding, FirstSpear has a unique capability for custom product design and innovative manufacturing. Built to meet the highest quality standards, FirstSpear’s products are engineered to be light weight, withstand harsh combat conditions, and maintain their durability over time, no matter the mission.

“FirstSpear is about empowering our professional users with solutions that exceed expectations, in any environment, during any mission profile,” said Jonathan Laplume, FirstSpear’s Vice President for Strategy and Development. “Our products utilize advanced design, lightweight materials, and our first-hand knowledge of user needs to provide our warfighters with a consistent combat advantage.”

“Our user’s needs are constantly evolving, FirstSpear’s vision is to evolve with them in real time,” said Carver. “FirstSpear integrates past experience and proven technology with a unique advancement in materials, configuration and production efficiency, to offer the most advanced load carriage solutions possible.”

FirstSpear, LLC is dedicated to rapidly delivering innovative individual equipment systems to professional users. To follow the launch of FirstSpear, LLC visit www.first-spear.com.

FirstSpear was founded in 2010 by a team of experienced industry professionals and former U.S. servicemen, with the mission of rapidly delivering innovative personal protective equipment and enhanced load carriage solutions to US and allied warfighters and professional users. With over 20 years of hands-on manufacturing experience with tactical equipment, Scott Carver has proven experience and dedication to meeting the warfighter’s evolving mission needs. FirstSpear’s uniquely focused research and development team is lead by former SOF Infantryman and present industry design specialist Jonathan Laplume.

Kitanica Unveiling Shirt at SHOT Show

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

Kitanica gave us a heads up that they are giving their innovative design treatment to a shirt so you will now be able to wear a full set of Kitanicas. All that is missing now is a cap. Kitanica will have their new shirt on display with Voodoo Tactical in booth #20213.

www.kitanica.net

SOTech VIPER Program Info

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

We received this from SOTech and thought it would be good for our readers to see why they started the VIPER program.

The staff of SOTech want to take the opportunity of the coming of a New Year to mark the successful completion of a year’s work and hard fought establishment of its Veterans Industry Program for Employment Reintegration (VIPER) charity. The program started as a group of veterans in industry wanting to help out their less fortunate brethren. The Veterans Administration Hospital in West Los Angeles had over 1000 veterans with afflictions related to tours of duty from Vietnam to the current conflicts, stagnating in a domiciliary. In the name of SPC Clayton Taylor, a soldier who died by his own hand, Jim Cragg decided to start VIPER in order to provide support for returning vets and draw attention to their psychological needs.

Cragg is the CEO of SOTech / Special Operations Technologies Inc and was Taylor’s Officer in Charge prior to Taylor deploying to Afghanistan. About half of SOTech’s administrative staff are OEF and OIF Veterans. VIPER may have started as a good will effort, but it has grown into a program employing a significant number of patients, enabling them to move towards job proficiency and self reliance away from hospital grounds. These heroes work on SOTech projects manufacturing and assembling medical projects for units deploying into combat. These veteran warriors, many of whom felt a sense of abandonment after being injured and leaving government service, know that they are part of a team supporting our troops in the field and helping to bring them home alive. Expanding on the mission of service, VIPER vets are sewing recycled cloth shopping bags for local cities. They have also embarked on the Battle Bear program, assembling camouflage teddy bears that deployed soldiers can adorn with their patches and badges and send home bonding them with their families.

SOTech will be on booth #20113 for SHOT SHOW 2011

SpecOps Introduces Roggenwolf Camo to Line

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

Polish brand SpecOps has been working with Australian camo developer ROGGENWOLF to introduce uniforms in the WARG pattern. The uniform design is the SpecOps MBS-1 type uniform cut, in both WARG-forest and WARG-desert camo versions.

This uniform will be run against A-TACS, MULTICAM, HYDE-DEFINITION and MIRAGE camo patterns for the upcoming Polish Army camo trials in 2011.

www.specops.pl

Beyond Tactical Launching New Technical and Tactical Lines at OR

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

They won’t give us any details so we are just going to have to go and see for ourselves but Beyond Tactical let us know that they will be launching new styles of both technical as well as tactical garments at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in SLC next week. Visit booth #38127.