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AUSA 2018: The Israeli Pavilion Presents Innovative, Proven, Portable Solutions for Rapid Force Deployment and Protection

Thursday, October 4th, 2018

Thirteen companies will exhibit at the pavilion – with solutions focusing on tactical force protection, explosive detection systems, firearm applications, motion systems for air, sea and land applications, and more

AUSA, October 8-10, Washington, D.C., Israel Pavilion, Hall B, Stand 2738

3 October, 2018, SIBAT – the International Defense Cooperation Directorate within Israel’s Ministry of Defense (IMOD) and organizer of Israel’s National Pavilion – continues to strengthen cooperation between Israel’s defense industry and the United States through collaboration with small- and medium-sized defense companies (SMEs) that provide unique, flexible, rapidly developed and deployed solutions.

Today, military and security forces around the world need solutions for the rapid deployment of forces in the field and their protection. The Israeli defense industries have developed unique solutions to address these needs. Among the innovations presented at the pavilion are Ortech’s Y-Fort Bunkers and Shielded Walls, designed to protect soldiers gathered in briefing areas, that can be assembled manually in a matter of a few hours by as few as three soldiers and a small tractor if needed – and a unique barrier developed by Mifram against ramming attacks by heavy vehicles that is easy-to-install without the need for special infrastructure. Joining them are solutions to enhance force protection and survivability, including MS-Tech’s portable explosives detection systems, Safe Shoot’s two-sided fire prevention system using RF communication technology, Reshet’s Graf’s IFF (Identify Friend or Foe ) solutions  for personal and vehicles, made from a passive infrared reflective material, that can only be identified by night vision devices, and Magam’s self-sealing fuel tank protecting against the impact of bullets up to 20mm, increasing the survivability of vehicle and crew.

According to SIBAT’s Director, Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Mishel Ben Baruch, “Threats of terrorism around the world, and the changing nature of conflicts, require solutions that are portable, flexible and fast. Israel’s small and medium defense companies, belonging to the SME sector, are able to provide rapid and flexible development and production to meet these needs.

“SIBAT, the Defense Cooperation Directorate of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, continues to operate at the federal level as well as with the various states in order to create fruitful cooperation with Israel’s defense industry.

“The Israeli companies exhibiting at Israel’s National Pavilion bring with them advanced technologies that have already been proven operationally”

Visit Optics 1 at AUSA

Thursday, October 4th, 2018

New Ops-Core AMP Communication Headset Introduced at AUSA

Thursday, October 4th, 2018

Configurable headset solution delivers true 3D audio and advanced hearing protection for combat operations

Carbondale, PA, October 4, 2018. Gentex Corporation, a global leader in personal protection and situational awareness solutions for defense forces, emergency responders, and industrial personnel will introduce the latest addition to its growing hearing protection and communications portfolio, the Ops-Core AMP Communication Headset, at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition, October 8 – 10, Washington, D.C.

Designed for defense forces and law enforcement personnel, the advanced 3D hear-through and hearing protection capabilities in the Ops-Core AMP Communication Headset enhance situational awareness and user safety. For optimal flexibility and mission performance, the modular headset can be easily configured to meet a wide range of mission needs with options for headband or helmet rail-mounted use, single or double hearing protection, left- and right-handed configurations of headset downlead cable and boom microphone, and single or multi-channel communications.

“The introduction of the Ops-Core AMP Communication Headset demonstrates our dedication to strengthening and expanding our hearing protection and communications offering, which includes advanced products such as Gentex’s F-35 AHNR Headset and the Ops-Core RAC® Headset.” said Tom Short, vice president ground systems, Gentex Corporation.  “Building on the strengths of the RAC, the AMP sets a new bar for hearing protection and situational awareness for ground forces. We’re excited to demonstrate the Ops-Core AMP Communication Headset along with all of our market leading headborne protective technologies at AUSA.”

Also, featured in the company’s booth will be the Ops-Core FAST® SF Helmet System, shown among the full lines of Ops-Core FAST and Sentry Helmet Systems—all designed for elite defense, law enforcement, and security forces; the Gentex family of Tactical Ballistic Helmet Systems—mission configurable ACH/ECH style helmets for ground forces; and a full array of performance enhancing eye and face protection, respiratory, CBRN, and hearing protection and communications accessories.

Open to all, Gentex Corporation will hold a special hospitality event in its booth on Tuesday, October 9th from 3:00 – 5:00 PM to celebrate the launch of the new Ops-Core AMP Communication Headset.

Visit Gentex Corporation in booth #4017.  To learn more about the Ops-Core AMP Communication Headset, click here.

Modernizing the Army’s OPFOR Program to Become a Near-Peer Sparring Partner

Thursday, October 4th, 2018

NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER, Calif. — While the United States fought conflicts and insurgencies in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa over the last seventeen years, potential adversaries were studying U.S. operations and developing sophisticated weapons, munitions, and disruptive technologies. U.S. forces must anticipate that adversaries will employ these increasingly advanced systems, some approaching or even surpassing U.S. capabilities, while also proliferating them to their allies and proxies around the globe.

U.S. Army Soldiers, posing as an Opposing Force, operate OPFOR Surrogate Vehicles and Main Battle Tanks at the National Training Center, May 2, 2017. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Edge)

Both Russia and China, our two most sophisticated strategic competitors, are developing new approaches to conflict by modernizing their concepts, doctrine, and weapon systems to challenge U.S. forces and our allies across all operational domains (land, sea, space, cyberspace, and space). Russia’s New Generation Warfare and China’s Local Wars under Informationized Conditions are two examples of these new approaches.

In the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa, non-state actors and radical militant groups are gaining military capabilities previously associated only with nation-states. Irregular forces are growing more capable as they adopt new weapons and tactics. Hezbollah has used advanced anti-tank guided missiles, man-portable air defense systems, and a sophisticated mission command system in its conflicts with Israel and participation in the Syrian civil war. Joining Hezbollah in the employment of unmanned aerial vehicles are Al-Qaeda and ISIS, and ISIS has also used chemical weapons. In addition, Iran adopted a very sophisticated warfare doctrine aimed at the U.S., and the Houthi insurgency in Yemen aims rockets and missiles at Saudi Arabia.

Soldiers of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment maneuver through the streets of a compound at the National Training Center, Calif., during an OPFOR training exercise. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Edge)

The U.S. Army exists to fight our nation’s wars and it rigorously prepares to reach the highest possible level of sustained readiness to defeat such a wide array of threats and capabilities. To attain this end state, training at U.S. Army Combat Training Centers, or CTCs, must be realistic, relevant, and pit training units against a dynamic and uncompromising Opposing Force, or OPFOR.

The CTC program employs several professional OPFOR units, including the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment at the National Training Center in California’s Mojave Desert, the 1-509th Airborne Infantry Battalion within the swamps of Louisiana at the Joint Readiness Training Center, 1-4th Infantry Battalion at the Joint Multinational Training Center in Hohenfels, Germany, and the World Class OPFOR within the Mission Command Training Program at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. The Army’s Cyber Command also provides specialized support to these OPFOR units with cyber aggressors.

The OPFOR is representative of adversary forces and threat systems that reflect a composite of current and projected combat capabilities. The OPFOR must be capable of challenging training units’ mission essential tasks and key tasks within the Army Universal Task List. To maintain OPFOR’s relevance as a competitive sparring partner, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command devotes major analytic efforts to studying foreign armies and determining the optimum configuration for OPFOR units that both represent a plausible threat and challenge training tasks. This also requires the Army to consistently modernize the OPFOR with replicated peer or near-peer threat weapons and capabilities.

The OPFOR must be capable of challenging U.S. Army training units with contemporary armored vehicles that are equipped with stabilized weapon systems and advanced night optics, as well as realistic kill-or-be-killed signatures and effects via the Multiple Integrated Laser Effects Systems. The OPFOR must also have air attack platforms, advanced integrated air defense systems, unmanned aerial systems, modern-day anti-tank munitions, long-range and guided artillery fires, and improvised explosive devices.

Additionally, the OPFOR must be capable of subjecting training units to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear effects and technologically enhanced deception capabilities. The OPFOR must also be capable of degrading or denying training unit dependency on Cyber-Electromagnetic Activities with threat electronic warfare, cyberspace, and space effects.

Modernizing the U.S. Army’s OPFOR program is an unremitting endeavor, because threats continuously change and technology relentlessly revolutionizes the art of war. Replicating the most realistic threat capabilities and tactics is critical for training units and commanders to practice their tactics, techniques, and procedures, and learn from the consequences of their decisions under tactical conditions.

This topic, as well as the challenges the OPFOR enterprise faces in developing much-needed capabilities to effectively replicate threats in a dynamic Operational Environment that postulates a changing character of future warfare, will be highlighted during a Warriors Corner at the annual Association of the United States Army meeting in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, from 2:55-3:35 p.m.

By Mario J. Hoffmann

Gore Exhibiting Proven & Trusted Technical Solutions For Military and Defense Applications at AUSA 2018

Thursday, October 4th, 2018

ELKTON, MD, OCTOBER 3, 2018 — W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) will be showcasing high-performance GORE® Cables and Materials and next-gen GORE® Military Fabrics at the 2018 AUSA (Association of US Army) Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, DC on October 8-10, Booth 3115. The military has trusted and relied on Gore’s technical solutions for decades because they ensure combat readiness and operational success every time on the battlefield and in the air.

Robust Cables and Materials for Vehicles & Aircraft

Gore will present its extensive selection of GORE® Cables and Materials for military land systems and aircraft applications. Solutions that will be on display include high-speed data cables, high power distribution cables, high-frequency microwave/RF assemblies, and excellent EMI shielding materials. All of Gore’s robust cables and cable assemblies are available in a variety of compact, highly flexible, and routable designs. Thoroughly tested and qualified to the most rigorous military specifications, they are proven to perform continuously and reliably in the toughest environments.

Also exhibited will be GORE™ SKYFLEX™ Aerospace Materials that have been proven to solve many sealing and surface protection challenges in helicopters such as the Apache, Black Hawk, Chinook, and Seahawk. Specified by leading military aircraft OEMs, these lightweight, non-curing tapes and gaskets simplify aircraft assembly, increase throughput, and reduce life-cycle costs.

Durable, Broad Chem-Bio Protection That Improves Mission Effectiveness

Gore will also feature the CPCSU-2 system as part of Gore’s Chemical and Biological Protective Combat Style Uniform family. At the heart of CPCSU-2 is the GORE® CHEMPAK® Undergarment with Stretch Technology, which delivers protection against a broad range of threats in liquid, vapor and aerosol form. A non-CB protective outer garment completes the CPCSU-2. This chemical and biological system offers durable protection, improved mobility, and enhanced operational effectiveness.

For more information about GORE® Cables and Materials and GORE® Military Fabrics, visit Gore at the 2018 AUSA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, October 8-10, in Booth 3115. Additional details can be found at gore.com/ausa2018.

Bravo Concealment – BCA 3.0 OWB Gun Holster

Thursday, October 4th, 2018

BCA 3.0 OWB Gun Holster

When Bravo Concealment designed the new BCA 3.0 Gun Holster, they added a retention setting allowing the user to go from a medium light retention to a very heavy retention. They also eliminated material from the bottom corners to make it smaller and lighter. Finally, they now use a diversified Polymer plastic that is known for its ideal balance between rigidity, impact strength and hardness to protect your firearm at all times.

• NEW Solid locking adjustable retention
• NEW Minimalist Design for even more all day comfort
• NEW Polymer plastic provides supreme rigidity and impact strength assuring protection of your firearm.
• Designed for outside the waistband carry, but can easily be converted to inside the waistband by swapping out the belt loops with our IWB belt clips.
• 10° cant enhances concealment under loose garments.
• Robust 1.50” or 1.75” injection molded belt loops prevent breakage even under rigorous use.
• Belt loops can be replaced with Belt Clips for inside the waistband carry.
• The BCA creates adequate room for a positive grip thus enabling a smooth draw with solid weapon retention.
• All edges on holster are rounded for comfort.
• All holsters are curved to fit the contours of your body.

www.bravoconcealment.com/collections/new-3-0-series-gun-holsters

USAF Special Tactics History

Thursday, October 4th, 2018

Since we’ve discussed US Air Force Special Tactics in the past, I thought this video would be a good share.

www.airforcespecialtactics.af.mil

Kelty – Cache Box

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018

Offered in three sizes and featuring fabric covered, molded construction, the Kelty Cache Box is a padded storage option for electronics and other valuables.

www.kelty.com/cache-box