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Tasmanian Tiger TT Officers Bag Receives a SILVER Score in the 2021 NTOA Member Tested and Recommended Program with an Overall Score of 4.41 out of Five

Monday, August 2nd, 2021

The TT Officers Bag was field-tested and recommended by law enforcement officers in the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) Member Tested and Recommended Program.

Knoxville, Tenn. (July 2021) – Tasmanian Tiger®, a tactical nylon line of products distributed exclusively for the US market by Proforce Equipment, Inc., is proud to announce that the TT Officers Bag received an overall score of 4.41 out of five from the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) Member Tested and Recommended Program.

The TT Officers Bag was reviewed by three members of the NTOA. As part of the Member Tested and Recommended Program, the officers tested the TT Officers Bag while on the job for maximum testing for design, performance, application, versatility, and other pertinent features.

“Among the various characteristics that I look for in a product I intend to use in the field, perhaps the most important are functionality, durability, and versatility. This bag checks all three for me,” review by Maryland Officer.

The officer from Maryland kitted out his TT Officers Bag as a range/go-bag and found the bag has plenty of storage space in the main compartment, as well as multiple smaller storage pockets throughout the bag for additional gear.

“I can see the TT Officer Bag being used as a go-bag for units who find themselves on perimeters often and need the ability to carry extra clothes or sustainment items for those long callouts,” review by Virginia Officer.

The officer reviewing the TT Officers Bag from Pennsylvania is part of a detective division and the team outfitted the bag as a call-out bag for their division. They were able to store all the equipment required for most crime scenes including fingerprint processing and DNA collection equipment. The team found the bag to be well constructed, very durable, and versatile. “Overall, we were very impressed with the quality and versatility of the bag.”

The versatile grab-and-go TT Officers Bag is designed to carry gear, accessories, and clothing and can be easily configured to carry by hand, over the shoulder, or worn as a backpack for hands-free operation.

The main compartment front has a MOLLE hook-and-loop panel for configuring additional gear or pouches. The pocket on the front and the two large pockets on each end are enclosed with durable YKK zippers. The main compartment features a lockable zipper. The interior has multiple compartments for organized packing.

Made from rugged 700 denier Cordura® fabric and available in black, the TT Officers Bag has an MSRP of $249.00.

Find a local dealer here for any of the exciting Tasmanian Tiger products.

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Fire Facilities Inc Now Offers Forcible Door Accessories to Enhance Training Experiences

Monday, August 2nd, 2021

SUN PRAIRIE, WI – Fire Facilities Inc. (FFI), has introduced new forcible door accessories for fire training towers. The dependable entry doors are offered to enhance training experiences for fire departments, public safety training facilities and military use.

Manufactured by Breaching Technologies Inc. (BTI), the field-proven breach products are now available from Fire Facilities to provide more realistic and flexible training options in their training towers for forcible entry exercises. Fire Facilities now offers the Explosive, Pry and Ram-Pry breaching door products.

“Forcible entry doors truly make training experiences more realistic,” says Aaron Adams, president of Fire Facilities Inc. “These doors are engineered and built to withstand the rigors of lifelike, real world training. The good news is the doors can be added to our existing training facilities or requested when placing a new order.”

Lifelike Training

The Explosive Breaching Door is offered to fit especially with tactical towers. The inward swinging door can simulate up to a four-lock set using the locking system built into the door along with the expendable preaching pins. The explosive breaching pins are designed to simulate resistance to a maximum 400-grain breaching charge. The door itself is skinned with high-density polyethylene to reduce the risk of fragmentation and corrosion from explosive exposure.

The Pry Breaching Door is mainly for the use fire training towers. It opens outward and can simulate up to a three-lock set using the built-in locking system and patented BTI breaching pins. The pins are made to simulate breaching wood, metal and reinforced frames. In addition to breaching pins, the pry door uses a low-cost wood insert to accept the use of a Halligan tool or similar type of prying tool.

Finally, the Ram-Pry Breaching Door works well for towers that require both tactical and fire training within the same structure. The versatile inward and outward opening door includes expendable breaching pins along with wood inserts. It offers realistic ram and pry breach training and uses a low-cost wood insert to accept the use of a Halligan tool or other similar prying tools.

This specific Ram-Pry Breaching Door was recently installed on a custom Fire Chief training model from Fire Facilities requested by the Nebraska Army National Guard for their training site in Hastings, Nebraska. It’s expected the Ram-Pry Door will be incorporated into the unit’s live-fire training, search and rescue, rappelling and helicopter rescue scenarios.

Fire Facilities Inc. (FFI) manufactures a full line of steel fire training structures engineered to withstand real-life firefighting conditions. From mobile units to burn rooms to high-rise towers, FFI training models are available in a multitude of configurations. Our parent company, Trachte Building Systems, is one of the largest and oldest manufacturers of steel self-storage systems in the industry. For more information, visit www.firefacilities.com or call 800-929-3726.

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Agilite Limited Edition K19 Giveaway

Monday, August 2nd, 2021

Agilite are giving away a Limited Edition Multicam Black version of their New and Improved K19 plate carrier.

It’s normally available in Ranger Green, Multicam and regular Black.

To enter the giveaway, hit the link on the Agilite website: agilitegear.com/products/k19-plate-carrier-giveaway

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Propex Furnishing Solutions Storms Tactical Market

Monday, August 2nd, 2021

Franklin, TN — Over the past 50 years, Propex Furnishing Solutions (PFS) has developed a reputation for bringing innovation to every industry it touches. With its thermoplastic composites, Curv® and VersacompTM, PFS brings a lighter, stronger solution that improves existing products and enables industry leaders and innovators to achieve that which was previously impossible.

PFS has partnered with Geoff Senko of the Thomas Graeme agency to launch the new

Geoff Senko of Thomas Graeme AgencyCurv TacticalTM composite materials line in the US and Australia. Geoff brings 10 years of experience in product development and manufacturing in the defense and military fabrics industry. “We are bringing something new to the tactical market,” says Senko, “this is an industry that has relied on the same old materials for the past 30 years. It’s time for something fresh.”

Curv Tactical is a new, lightweight stiffener for tactical vests, braces, belts, and armor. “It is stronger and lighter than any material widely used in the industry,” shares Eric Teather, VP of Innovative Composites at PFS, “Curv’s superior performance combined with Geoff’s industry experience and presence ensures a successful outcome for this market.”

With some initial projects already in the works, Senko and Teather are optimistic that Curv’s unique properties will find a place not just in body armor but in other protective equipment, helmets, holsters, and much more. “When you have a material that is this versatile, the possibilities are endless,” Senko says, “Curv and Versacomp can be thermoformed, laser-cut, and even sewn. It’s pretty remarkable stuff.”

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Night Vision Devices Announces New BNVD/RNVG Sacrificial Windows

Monday, August 2nd, 2021

Pennsylvania, August 2, 2021 – Night Vision Devices is pleased to announce the release of new Sacrificial Windows which are now available for the BNVD, RNVG, AN/PVS-14, AN/PVS-7B, Act in Black product lines. These sacrificial windows screw into the objective lens threads on all of the aforementioned devices and beside the fact that they reduce the system weight of a dual tube goggle by 10 grams, they also allow the systems lens caps to be utilized without having to remove (and then potentially lose) the sacrificial windows.

Place orders here.

www.nvdevices.com

sales@nvdevices.com

610-395-9743

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Night Vision Devices Announces the Production of RNVG Binoculars

Monday, August 2nd, 2021

Pennsylvania, August 2, 2021 – Night Vision Devices is pleased to announce that the AB Night Vision Ruggedized Night Vision Goggle (RNVG) is now available from NVD as a fully built system. This kit includes your choice of multiple tube options, padded soft carry case, a FULL 10 year warranty and standard accessories.

Please note that the RNVG is unlike other NVD BNVDs in that it does not have gain control, it requires a CR-123 battery, it does not feature tactical monocular cutoff and it does not include a flip up turn off circuit, when it is helmet mounted.

Place orders here

www.nvdevices.com

sales@nvdevices.com

610-395-9743

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Expert Soldier Badge: Increasing Soldier Lethality

Monday, August 2nd, 2021

FORT EUSTIS, Va. – The Expert Soldier Badge tests a Soldier’s performance in physical fitness and warfighting tasks, similar to the Expert Infantry Badge and Expert Field Medical Badge. Since the announcement of the ESB, on the Army’s 244th Birthday, nearly 5,000 Soldiers have attempted to attain the badge.

The ESB measures a Soldier’s proficiency in physical fitness, marksmanship, land navigation, and other warrior tasks to demonstrate a high level of lethality on the battlefield.

Testing and training for the ESB should take place under realistic conditions, where Soldiers will have to demonstrate the tactics learned and successfully apply them under extreme stress.

Prior to testing, a Soldier must have passed an Army Physical Fitness Test or Army Combat Fitness Test within the last six months, qualify as expert on the M4/M16 rifle, and be recommended by their chain of command.

The test itself includes a physical fitness assessment, consisting of the Hand Release Push-Up, a Sprint-Drag-Carry, and a 2-mile run. Soldiers also complete a day and night land navigation course, individual testing stations such as providing care under fire and moving a casualty, 12-mile foot march, and disassembling and re-assembling the M4.

ESB test stations include events from the Weapons, Medical, and Patrol Lanes with an additional set of tasks selected by the brigade commander from the unit’s mission essential task list, such as reacting to an improvised explosive device attack or constructing individual fighting positions.

Command Sgt. Maj. Scott Beeson, Center for Initial Military Training, stated the goal of the badge is to make Soldiers an expert at everything that applies to an individual Soldier skills.

Beeson stated the most common reason for Soldiers failing is a lack of preparation.

“Put your hands on the weapons,” he said. “The most failed portion of the testing is the weapons lane. Prior to arriving, Soldiers should have weeks of training where they’ve prepared for success.”

Maj. Gen. Lonnie G. Hibbard, commanding general, CIMT, echoed this conclusion.

“The reason Soldiers fail is a lack of preparation,” he said. “Many commands and Soldiers believe the week prior is enough to master the tasks. There has to be preparatory training.

“The importance of the ESB in the Army is building the war fighting skills of what a Soldier is expected to do,” Hibbard said. “The ESB tests on common war fighting tasks that all Soldiers should be proficient at.”

Of those 5,000 Soldiers that have tested for the badge, only 19% have been awarded. At a command level, the testing of the ESB is essential in measuring the efficiency of how Soldiers are actively trained.

The ESB aims to increase the lethality among the force, outside of infantry and medical. Appropriate training and preparation are critical to a Soldier successfully passing the test.

More information on the planning and executing for the ESB is available here. (CAC enabled)

By Hunter Rhoades, TRADOC Communication Directorate

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HENSOLDT Demonstrates Airborne SIGINT capabilities

Sunday, August 1st, 2021

Taufkirchen, 27 July 2021 – Technologies and deployment modes of airborne signal intelligence (SIGINT) have been successfully demonstrated by sensor solution provider HENSOLDT during a test flight campaign at Hohn Air Base in Schleswig-Holstein.

The aim of the six test flights carried out together with GFD GmbH on a Learjet was to give representatives of the German customer an overview of available technologies and their growth potential. The findings are to be incorporated into the planning of future SIGINT capability on a wide variety of flying platforms.

In a so-called “expansion stage 1” of the demonstration, which was financed from company funds, the localisation, bearing, tracking and recording of signals was demonstrated, which located and tracked transmitters with frequencies in the communications range in scenarios of tactical signal reconnaissance. For the demonstration, a system concept was developed and realised that achieved a maximum of bearing accuracy and speed.

A later planned “expansion stage 2” of the demo campaign will highlight monitoring and pattern recognition procedures, possibly using AI techniques. Among other things, the findings are to be incorporated into the further development of the modular HENSOLDT product family KALÆTRON Integral® for the realisation of the future scalable ELINT reconnaissance container, which can be used on various platform types – including drones.

HENSOLDT HAS BEEN active in the electronic reconnaissance market for decades. The company has developed COMINT and ELINT sensors for the German Armed Forces and other NATO forces, among others, and integrates them into EW systems for the Air Force, Army and Navy.

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