The Safariland Group has announced they have received a contract from the United States Air Force to supply batons, holsters, and body armor to the Air Force Security Forces. The full release can be read below:
JACKSONVILLE, Florida – The Safariland Group (the “Company”), a leading global provider of safety and survivability products, announced today that its distributor, Garrett Container, was awarded a $17.7M contract from the United States Air Force for law enforcement equipment. As the majority equipment supplier for this contract, The Safariland Group products, including Monadnock® batons, Safariland® tactical holsters and accessory kits, and Second Chance® body armor, will be supplied to the Air Force Security Forces over the five-year contract period.
“We have been working diligently with our customer Garrett Container for several years to meet the U.S. Air Force Security Forces equipment requirements. Our high-quality products, experienced work force, and capabilities to meet large order requirements enabled us to be selected for this award by Garrett Container,” said Roger Cox, Vice President, Government Sales, The Safariland Group. “We are pleased to be the majority supplier of this contract for Garrett Container, a trusted industry distributor.”
The contract specifies a maximum quantity of 30,866 Monadnock® Detective® Series batons; 34,764 Safariland® Model 6005 SLS Tactical Holsters and holster accessories, and approximately 37,100 sets of Second Chance® BV02 Level IIIA body armor packages for both male and female.
All products included in this contract will be manufactured at the Company’s facilities located in Pittsfield, Mass.; Ontario, Calif.; and Jacksonville, Fla.
The Safariland Group is celebrating 50 years in business in 2014. For information about the Company and its life-saving products, visit www.safariland.com or follow The Safariland Group on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Tags: Air Force, Safariland Group
Good! I don’t know if any SFS units are using the Serpa, but hopefully this will help to combat that. Curious that they went with a 6005 over something more modern like any of the ALS offerings, but the SLS is still a solid holster.
They aren’t supposed to be,
If they could ditch the drop leg attachment they’re good kit. Don’t know if they changed the design but when we would do weapon retention drills the Velcro would all come apart off your belt and was less than ideal. Not my worry anymore but hopefully it’s being addressed at some level. I doubt it, the kids here are still half and half between belt and leg mounted.
We can wear It on the belt here. We get issued the quick attachment system to transfer between the belt and drop leg. Some people still choose to wear the drop leg though. At my base atleast.
I prefer the drop, for wearing a holster all day everyday, just more comfortable to me.
We had the opposite result in our last inservice retention training. We found the leg mount allowed for breaking a threats grasp on the handgun faster. But ours are attached to the belt with the buckle, not just the velcro loop?
At anyrate, this is a good deal for the Air Force. Safariland makes the best (in my opinion) duty type holsters out there. I don’t care for some of their other equipment, but their holsters are top shelf.