You’ve heard rumors about this uniform for years and now here it is. The ADS Underway Uniform is manufactured exclusively for ADS by Bluewater Defense from Tweave softshell combined with Polartec Power Dry fabric. There have been some additional uniforms manufactured from 50/50 NYCO and other materials in this cut for special applications such as ADS internal testing of their US4CES family of camouflage.
Pocket configurations and fit were driven by the user community and have been refined over multiple generations. Available in a full variety of sizes in MultiCam and Black with other colors available upon request.
ADS Inc teamed up with Guy Cramer of Hyperstealth Biotechnology Corp to answer the US Army’s call for a family of camouflage patterns consisting of Transitional, Desert, and Woodland patterns with an optional pattern for organizational clothing and equipment.
Their entry, called US4CES (pronounced U-S forces) was selected as a finalist and awaits operational testing later this Summer.
Here you can see an Underway Uniform in the Woodland US4CES variant with an LBT plate carrier and pack in the OCIE pattern. Keep your eyes peeled for more photos soon.
In case you’ve been living under a rock (or reading some other, less informative website) for the last year, I’ll tell you about Blue Force Gear’s Helium Whisper. It’s a combination of a single piece back panel and an ultra-light, extremely durable high performance laminate. Not only is the actual material lighter (and stronger) than current issue kit, but combined with the single piece construction there is less fabric, drastically reducing the weight of your gear. In fact, Helium Whisper weighs in at almost half that of traditional MOLLE. Additionally, Helium Whisper attachment straps are built into the pouch rather than sewn on, eliminating the possibility of stitching failure. Not only that, but they’ve also eliminated those pesky snaps that seem to pull through at the worst possible moment.
The entire line of Blue Force Gear products, including the revolutionary Helium Whisper are available for unit and agency order through www.ADSinc.com.
As of late, there as been a lot of push back on live tissue training. The Tactical Operations Manikin (T.O.M. Man) from Innovative Tactical Training Solutions may be just the solution.
T.O.M. Man is a rugged patient care simulator capable of repeatedly surviving tactical trauma training and is designed to move like a human and simulates massive bleeding in a combat environment. Features include remote control allowing the instructor to add surprise elements, talking, breathing, bleeding, breath sounds include sucking chest wounds, respiratory distress, massive bleeding, needle decompression, tourniquet, wound packing, surgical airway. Breathing is controlled by recovery position for Care Under Fire. Several areas of massive and minor bleeding throughout the main arteries and face are managed via a single controller that provides a number of features to support TAC Med and TCCC training with “live responses”.
ITTS is an innovative company run by a former USAF PJ. They teamed up with Techline to develop the T.O.M. Man and one of the best things about this product is that it can be customized for your particular needs. In fact, it weighs between 130-150 lbs which goes a long way to mimicking a human’s size and weight which means T.O.M. Man can support a wide variety of training.
ITTS products are available for unit and agency purchase through www.ADSinc.com.
The Earl Energy FlexGen is a “drop-in” solution to your current generator system (up to 240 kw), storing and managing the power produced from the generator and reducing your fuel usage by up to 70%! Instead of running the generator all day and night, FlexGen manages the power and ensure that you always have an energy source to pull from. When Integrated with Solar Thin Film, the FlexGen system reduced fuel consumption by 76% compared to normalized baseline operations in testing.
