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B.E. Meyers & Co. Supports the Sterling Promise Foundation as a Gold Sponsor During SOF Week 2024 (Tampa, FL)

Friday, May 3rd, 2024

02 May 2024 (Redmond, WA) – B.E. Meyers & Co., Inc., via The Brad and Nancy Meyers Family Fund, is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Sterling Promise Foundation’s annual fundraising event. The Sterling Promise Foundation Fundraiser will be held at The Westin Tampa Waterside, on May 7th from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. during SOF Week 2024.

The Sterling Promise Foundation exists to honor the life of Staff Sergeant Scott Sterling, who passed away in April 2021 after a heroic battle with colorectal cancer. Scott served in the 75th Ranger Regimental Reconnaissance Detachment and 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment–Delta (1SFOD-D). sterlingpromisefoundation.org

Funds are being used to provide blood screening tests directly to Active Duty personnel as well as Veterans of the SOF community to ensure early detection.

The May 7th event includes a silent auction, live music, an open bar, and light appetizers. The Guardant Health Team will be on-site to continue screening in person. Do learn more or donate to this amazing cause, please visit One Cause – Sterling Promise Foundation Fundraiser

The Brad and Nancy Meyers Family Fund is a philanthropic entity designed to provide sponsorship to causes in support of Veterans, first responders, religious freedom, animal welfare, and nature conservancy in the US and around the world.

B.E. Meyers & Co., Inc.:
B.E. Meyers & Co., Inc. is a US Defense Technology Manufacturer specializing in advanced laser solutions for military, law enforcement, consumer, and aerospace applications. Our Redmond, WA facility supports our ISO 9001:2015 production operations of premier visible, near infrared, and out-of-band laser marking and illumination systems, as well as range finding and warfighter solutions products, all of which serve our nation as well as allies in 38 nations worldwide.

As a privately held, Veteran-operated, second-generation US Small Business in our 50th Year in Business, we are a true Made in America story, from the initial sketch to the final product out the door happening at our Redmond, WA headquarters. We appreciate your support as we work to evolve critical defense technology and reenergize American Manufacturing. Learn more about our defense and optoelectronic products, our capabilities, and how we are evolving critical defense technology and reenergizing American Manufacturing at www.bemeyers.com

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Galvion Introduces BATLCHRG Soldier Systems Wireless Charging Concept at SOF Week 2024

Friday, May 3rd, 2024

Galvion, a world leader in power and data management solutions and innovative head protection systems, will be demonstrating their new soldier systems wireless charging concept at SOF Week 2024. This BATLCHRG™ concept demonstration follows the January 2024 announcement regarding Galvion’s strategic investment partnership with the Canadian technology firm, Quaze Technologies.

Galvion’s investment in Quaze combines the relative strengths of the technological innovation of both companies in bringing ground-breaking wireless charging technology to the soldier systems market. Galvion will be exhibiting the BATLCHRG wireless charging concept, along with their wider systems and solutions, at SOF Week 2024 on booth 948.

For SOF Week 2024, Galvion is demonstrating the BATLCHRG wireless charging capability in two battlefield scenarios: integrated into a vehicle seat and wall-mounted mat in a ready-room scenario.

Both instances demonstrate that soldiers can charge multiple battery powered systems through the wireless power transfer system. The robust wireless solution utilizes a charging mat and receiver configuration that has excellent power transfer rates and efficiency, a broad position tolerance to account for movement and misalignment of surfaces, and functionality even in the harshest environments, proving efficient even when covered with water, snow, dirt, or dust. Integrating with Galvion’s power & data eco-system, including 2-Port Power & Data Hub (PDH-2), Personal Worn Scavenger (PWS) and SoloPack™ battery, the BATLCHRG wireless concept significantly reduces the logistic burden of battlefield power management, and will greatly extend functionality and capability by allowing soldier power systems to automatically and wirelessly charge when in static positions, such as travelling in a vehicle, on sentry duty, manning a command post or resting.

Quaze’s Surface Power Technology revolutionizes the way devices are powered, enabling easy and reliable wireless charging for remote or autonomous devices on land, sea or air. Powered by magnetic resonance, this technology offers a safe, secure and seamless solution to efficiently charge multiple devices with variable power demands across a wide platform surface area.

Todd Stirtzinger, CEO at Galvion, said: “As experts in the soldier systems field, we are constantly looking for ways to minimize the burden for our warfighters. In October of 2023, we demonstrated our Charge on the Move capability, using our Squad Power Manager™ in a vehicle-mounted configuration to leverage vehicle power systems for the dismounted soldier today. Our strategic partnership with Quaze, and the resulting BATLCHRG™ capability that we are showcasing at SOF Week, envisions a wireless charging model that will push the boundaries of untethered power provision and management for the future.”

Stirtzinger added: “We see great potential in wireless technology, which allows unprecedented flexibility in terms of system expansion when combined with software development, and Galvion is poised to capitalize on these integrations for the future.”

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FirstSpear Exhibits at SOF Week in Tampa, Florida — Booth 2802

Friday, May 3rd, 2024

FirstSpear will be showcasing its latest innovations at SOF Week in Tampa, Florida, from May 7th to May 10th, 2024. Visit Booth 2802 to explore FirstSpear’s cutting-edge solutions for the special operations community.

FirstSpear offers a comprehensive range of products designed for durability and performance, cutting-edge design in load carriage solutions. The team will be available to provide demonstrations and discuss how FirstSpear’s gear enhances mission readiness.

For more information, visit www.first-spear.com.

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Friday, May 3rd, 2024

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MDM 24 – Polaris MRZR Alpha 6×6

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

The new MRZR Alpha 6×6 from Polaris is the coolest thing I’ve seen at Modern Day Marine. While it has participated in a few closed events like the recent USSOCOM Family of Special Operations Vehicles Rodeo, this is its first public appearance.

The concept demonstrator was created by adding a third axel using spare parts at the factory. They then ran it over 1,300 miles to prove the concoct would work. Initial demonstrations and evaluations in 2022 and early 2023 have taken place in the Southwest and Midwest of the US as well as at the National Automotive Test Center in Nevada.

Polaris has matured the design and are manufacturing additional tech demonstrators later this year. These additional trucks will be used to conduct vehicle-level performance testing to verify that engineering design and analysis was correct and the vehicle performs as expected.

In addition to being internally transportable via the V-22, CH-47 and CH-53, the MRZR Alpha 6×6 will maintain the top speed of the smaller variants.

The production version promises more than 90% common components with the base Alpha (with a different driveline and chassis), leveraging the same high-performance shocks, eight-speed transmission, suspension, and other components for maximum commonality between variants.

In addition to increased mobility, the new six wheeled model also offers increased load capacity. With a curb weight of 4,200 lbs, it can accept 3,600 lbs of cargo for a gross vehicle weight of 7,800. This is phenomenal compared to the standard MRZR Alpha which has a bed cargo limit of 600 lbs. Believe it to not, this increased capacity is achieved by adding that third axel which only makes the MRZR about 11″ longer than the standard model. The bed is now 84″ long instead of 50″. This also results in the maneuverability of the 2-seat version with the crawling capability of the 4-seat model. It also reportedly performs even better than the 4×4 in soft soil, mud, and bogs like those in Eastern Europe.

This increased space and cargo capacity along with a payload leveling suspension, open the MRZR up to a whole slew of new missions:

– Rockets & Missiles

– Mobile mortar systems

– Command and Control

– UAS/Drone launch

– C-UAS

– L-MADIS

– TAGRS

– NOTM

MRZR Alpha 6×6 vehicles have been delivered to PM-FOSOV and the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab for continued evaluation and experimentation. PM-FOSOV will use their vehicles to help inform future requirements. The MCWL is actively experimenting with implementing new capabilities using the platform in the areas of Logistics and Precision Fires.

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MDM 24 – Forged Authority Off-Grid

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

Forged Authority is a small business based in Iowa which got its start in the overland community.

They build portable wind generators which are deployable within five minutes either on a vehicle mounted mast or a static, ground-based configuration. These weigh in at between 45 and 65 pounds.

At Modern Day Marine they are dipping their toe in the military market. With the Marine Corps’ new Operating Concept calling for harvesting of energy, this might well be a good answer for remote island operations.

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TNVC Announces Discontinuation of Stocking Filmed Green Phosphor Binocular Night Vision Systems

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

Redlands, California—

Tactical Night Vision Company (TNVC, INC.) announced today that they will discontinue the normal stocking of Filmed Green Phosphor Binocular Night Vision systems and divest their current inventory and fully transition to both Filmed and Unfilmed White Phosphor systems for dual tube night vision devices. Filmed Green Phosphor will still be offered as an option for the TN/PVS-14 Monocular Night Vision Device for entry-level systems. Both Filmed and Unfilmed Green Phosphor binocular systems will still be available for special order upon request, however, they may experience extended lead times.

“Over the past decade or so since the mainstream operational introduction of White Phosphor image intensifiers, we’ve found that end users, whether organizational or private increasingly and almost universally prefer white phosphor goggles to green phosphor,” states TNVC COO, Augee Kim, adding: “While the ‘green screen’ NVG will always be classic and iconic, removing Filmed Green image intensifiers from our binocular NVG product line will allow us to streamline our supply lines and increase efficiencies, particularly as we begin to integrate exciting new technologies and embark on new partnerships as well as developing existing ones to further improve our product line and continue to offer the highest quality, most advanced products to all of our customers, both government and especially private consumers.”

The discontinuation and divestiture of new, stocking Green Phosphor binocular systems will have no affect on existing units and warranties, which will continue to be supported in accordance with TNVC’s Lifetime Limited Warranty program, and users with specific requirements will still be able to obtain filmed green systems via special order if desired.

In support of this divestiture, TNVC will be liquidating all remaining stocks of filmed green image intensifiers and complete night vision systems. These systems will be offered as complete units (no build-to-order) with full warranty support and consistent with TNVC’s high standards of quality for all of their TNV-units, but at a significant discount via TNVC’s website:

tnvc.com/crazy-vics-discount-night-vision-emporium

“We figured that while we were making this transition, we may as well give customers the opportunity to get into an extremely high-quality night vision device, using true, Gen. 3, U.S. MIL-SPEC ground tubes at some of the best prices out there, comparable to what folks are paying for Gen. 2 and blemished devices,” notes Victor DiCosola, TNVC Founder and CEO, adding with a chuckle and wink: “So I decided while my staff is figuring out our new product lines and partnerships, I would set up a ‘pop-up,’ Crazy Vic’s Discount Night Vision Emporium.”

More details on the green phosphor liquidation and Crazy Vic’s pop-up can be found on TNVC’s Instagram page:

www.instagram.com/tnvc_inc

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B.E. Meyers & Co., Inc. Exhibiting at SOF Week in Tampa, Florida

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

May 1, 2024 (Redmond, WA) – B.E. Meyers & Co., Inc., a defense technology manufacturer specializing in advanced photonic solutions for military, law enforcement, consumer, and aerospace applications worldwide, will be exhibiting at SOF Week 2024 from 06 – 10 May 2024, booth #233, located on level 3 of the Tampa Convention Center.

B.E. Meyers & Co. will be showcasing the PEO Soldier adopted BOARS®-M2, (NSN) 1240-01-682-8650, a modular, low-profile optics and accessory mounting solution for the M2 series of .50 Cal crew-served weapons that offers a quick-disconnect with true return-to-zero reattach capability. They will also be showcasing their United States Department of Defense-specific variant of their Modular Advanced Weapon Laser (MAWL), the MAWL®-X1, a high-powered infrared and visible green multi-function aiming and illumination laser designed for individual carbines and crew-served weapons. It has been engineered from the ground up to exceed the needs of the modern night fighter. Other products on display will include the KIJI, a powerful but non-restricted Class 3R device with a modular design utilizing a VCSEL-based infrared laser illuminator that can be rail mounted on a wide variety of systems including individual weapons, shoulder-fired anti-tank rockets (i.e. AT-4) and spotting scopes, as well as helmet-mounted for aid in night vision navigation.

We will also launch our next generation small arms laser devices which will revolutionize target enhancement.

To schedule a meeting with a member of the B.E. Meyers & Co. team at SOF Week, please connect with us info@bemeyers.com.

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