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Grey Ghost Gear Deploys RRS Transport Bag

Tuesday, April 16th, 2019

Lakewood, WA

April 16, 2019

Grey Ghost Gear is proud to announce the release of the RRS Transport Bag; the “go-bag” revolutionized. The “bail-out bag” legitimized. The “Bag of Doom” optimized and essentialized. The…

Well, you get it. The RSS Bag was originally developed at the behest of several LEOs and First Responders from a cross-section of agencies in a large metropolitan area. They needed a go-bag with a slimmer profile and superior interior organization; we delivered the RRS Transport Bag. Grey Ghost Gear has been building best tactical gear available for years now. Everything we do is based on what the end user needs or wants, all of it designed and deployed at improbably stupid speed – the RSS Transport Bag is no different.

The RRS Transport Bag is the ideal size for storing in a vehicle, either behind or under the seats. Should you need to rapidly react to a critical situation, the RRS Transport Bag can be easily grabbed and brought into the fight.

The main compartment has ample room for a handgun or even a folded PDW/SBR, along with additional magazines, medical supplies, food/water, and other essentials. One wall has two zippered mesh pockets for organization, while the opposite side has a loop panel for attaching a hook-backed holster or pouch, as well as six elastic loops that are perfect for pistol magazines, flashlights, and other similarly shaped items.

On the exterior, both ends feature generously sized pouches with hook and loop and buckle closures to keep the contents secure…even when you’re at full speed. For those times that extended social work is required, we’ve put five rifle mag-sized elastic loops inside the flap pocket. These are also ideal for keeping a couple of tourniquets at the read. Adjustable (and removable) shoulder straps or dual carry handles are available to meet whatever carry style you, your equipment, and your mission demand.

The RRS Transport Bag is constructed from 500D Cordura® Nylon and is available in a vast array of colors to suit every need. As long as your needs are Black, Ranger Green, or Tan. Now is the perfect time to get one too – everything on the site is 15% off with free shipping and we’re giving away Turnout Bags with purchases of $100 or more too.   

GGG builds equipment for every conceivable mission.

Grey Ghost Precision (GGP) is on Facebook at /GreyGhostPrecision/; Grey Ghost Gear (GGG) is on Facebook at /GreyGhostGearGGG/; Grey Ghost Canada is on Facebook at /GreyGhostCanada/. Connect with these companies on Instagram, @greyghostgear, @greyghostprecision, or @greyghostcanada. We’re on LinkedIn at /Grey-Ghost-Gear/. Subscribe to our YouTube channel right here. Grey Ghost Gear is a part of the Tactical Buyers Club. Follow us on Twitter, @GreyGhostGear, though we hardly ever say anything. Oh, and if we’re on Pinterest ain’t nobody told us about it. Still no channel on any of the naughty “Hubs” or “Tubes”, but if we had one it would be the most-watched one on the planet.

Grey Ghost Gear: Uncompromising gear for the uncompromising individual.

A Prime Ammo Update From CEO Jim O’Shaughnessy

Tuesday, April 16th, 2019

For the past several years, PRIME Ammunition has been offering ammunition made by Swiss manufacturer RUAG here in the US.

In this message by Jim O’Shaughnessy, CEO and Founder of PRIME Ammunition, he explains whats going on and why they’ve had trouble fulfilling orders.

1985–SureFire Model 310

Tuesday, April 16th, 2019

Released under a new brand name, SureFire, the Model 310 Tactical Light was the first dedicated handgun-mounted WeaponLight. It provided a rugged and reliable source of high-intensity light that could be conveniently mounted to a Colt 1911 pistol. At a staggering 15 lumens and powered by a single 123A lithium battery, the Model 310 featured two switches: A handgrip Pressure Switch activated the light as long as pressure was applied, while an On/Off Switch on the left side of the housing activated the light until the Off switch was pressed. Once again, a SureFire product created a new genre in tactical gear.

www.surefire.com

NAVAIR Approves Massif’s Hellman Combat Pant and Advanced Quarter Zip Combat Shirt

Tuesday, April 16th, 2019

Massif’s Hellman Combat Pant and Advanced Quarter Zip Combat Shirt are NAVAIR approved.  As a recent SOA list addition, these new items are interchangeable with the approved Massif 2 Piece flight suit to give Aircrews the flexibility to pick and choose flight gear based on mission and environment. This is huge for Naval Aircrews as this is the first time a Combat-Style pant with integrated knee pad has been approved for flight use. Navy and Marine Corps helo crews spend lots of time on their knees and this move is bringing much needed relief.

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Massif has done a great job of working with various communities like naval and Marine Corps aviation to not only boost performance, but also preventing injuries.

Hellman Combat Pant

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 *   Sigma 4 Start Fabric powered by DuPont Nomex and DuPont Kevlar
 *   Integrated/removable Crye Precision Airflex Kneepad
 *   Intuitive Hand Pockets and utility pockets built with comfort and usability in mind
 *   Dual entry cargo pockets
 *   Available in Sage Green, Tan, and OCP

Tech sheet and sizing chart can be found at www.massif.com/profession/navy/hellman-pant.

Advanced Quarter Zip Combat Shirt

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 *   Proprietary 4 way stretch fabrics now fielded in over 7 million combat shirts
 *   Superfabric covered elbows offer protection and abrasion resistance
 *   Ultra lightweight collar and zipper
 *   Adjustable cuffs and thumb loop for secure fit
 *   Advanced breathability and wicking properties
 *   Available in Sage Green, Tan, OD Green, Black and OCP
 *   Women’s fit available in Sage Green and OCP

Tech sheet and sizing chart can be found at www.massif.com/profession/navy/advanced-14-zip-combat-shirt.

Wild Things Moves to Virginia Beach

Monday, April 15th, 2019

Effective today, 15-Apr-19, Wild Things corporate headquarters opens in Virginia Beach, VA. Established in 1981 as a preeminent provider of alpine clothing and gear, Wild Things quickly began working with Naval Special Warfare in Virginia Beach and Special Operations throughout the US Military. While corporate HQ moves to Virginia Beach, production continues to operate at Wild Things Gorham, NH facility.

Our new Wild Things address:
184 Business Park Drive
Suite 205
Virginia Beach, VA 23462

To schedule a meeting or see the newest products, please contact sales@wildthingsgear.com for an appointment. To learn more about Wild Things visit our website www.wildthingsgear.com.

The CBP Pistol Program Was A Close Race

Monday, April 15th, 2019

Last week, US Customs and Border Protection announced an $85,000,000* contract award to Glock for a family of three handguns.

Based on information received by Soldier Systems Daily, firearms from two manufacturers were neck in neck during performance testing conducted by an industry leading, independent lab. Both competitors received the same score in what DoD would refer to as Developmental Testing, which is objective in nature.

Where the two began diverge was during hands-on testing with field agents. Those familiar with DoD testing would refer to this as Operational Testing. The data collection is subjective and in this case was based on a 1-10 scoring system of how the officer felt about the firearm throughout a variety of tasks.

In this phase of testing Glock was assessed just 3% higher than competitor SIG with their P320 family of firearms.

What finally knocked it out of the park for Glock was that they came in quite a bit cheaper than SIG, $7.5 million less.

For quite awhile, word on the street was that this was going to be SIG’s win. Based on testing, either offerer’s handguns would have more than done the job, but Glock developed a great strategy and brought home a solid win.

Based on their performance here, Glock paid attention to the results of the Army’s Modular Handgun System program. Glock not only priced to win, but they rolled out an entirely new handgun to satisfy CBP requirements.

* That $85 million is the contract ceiling, meaning the total amount government may spend. It isn’t necessarily the amount of money an awardee will receive. In this case, bids were less than half of that amount. What the higher ceiling allows for is other government agencies to use the contract as well.

Safran Optics 1 Features its Ultisense Line of OEM Modules at the Upcoming SPIE Defense & Commercial Sensing Exhibition

Monday, April 15th, 2019

April 16-18 | Booth #736

Safran Optics 1 and affiliate Safran Vectronix are the market leaders for direction finding and laser rangefinding technology. We design and produce a wide range of high performance electro-optical systems such as laser rangefinders, visual augmentation systems, targeting systems, and digital magnetic compasses for military and civil applications. We are pleased to offer our core technology as the OEM module provider of choice for system integration into a variety of systems for military and civilian applications.

Ultisense is our brand of high performance laser rangefinder and digital magnetic compass modules which are renowned for their high grade of reliability, precision and quality. Our products set the standard for target location and observation solutions.

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Safran Optics 1 Vector 21, a laser rangefinding binocular, connected to STERNA, a non-magnetic based target acquisition system. These Optics 1 products leverage Ultisense’ premier LRF, DMC and TNF modules.

LASER RANGEFINDING

LRF modules are designed and produced for a wide range of applications. The modules are lightweight and compact, without sacrificing precision range performance – the most important asset when it comes to selecting an LRF module. In addition to our range of standard products, we gladly adapt our modules to customers’ specific needs, to assist in the creation of an optimized solution.  Our modules are available in a wide range of performance levels which are ruggedized and suitable for a variety of mission applications, and are deployed today on a variety of military systems today, operating reliably in some of the world’s harshest environments.

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DIGITAL MAGNETIC COMPASS

Our Digital Magnetic Compass (DMC) line of products is highly accurate and reliable OEM solutions which have been installed in over 100,000 opto-electronic devices. Our DMCs are robust, reliable, and can be adapted for almost any application.

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INERTIAL TRUE NORTH FINDER

Many customers require accurate, non-magnetic northfinding solutions for precision targeting and navigation applications.  Our TNF-Primus is an extremely accurate and reliable autonomous True North Finding module based on advanced Hemispherical Resonator Gyro technology from Safran Electronics and Defense. It delivers high precision azimuth, elevation and bank angles even in magnetically disturbed environments without the need for GNSS. Coupled to a LRF module, it is the ideal solution for far target location.  The TNF-Primus is unrivaled in terms of size, weight, and power consumption when compared to other technologies of comparable accuracy.

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VISUAL AUGMENTATION SYSTEMS

Safran Optics 1 is a world leader in the development and production of low Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) visual augmentation systems operating in the LWIR and SWIR bands.  We develop custom camera solutions for a number of customers with unique and challenging requirements which cannot be met by traditional COTS solutions.  For customers facing unique low-SWaP challeneges for LWIR and SWIR cameras, we offer custom solutions leveraging the experience of delivering well over 10,000 low SWaP camera cores.

From rangefinding to northfinding, and from visible to LWIR, Safran Optics 1 is a world leader in developing and delivering high-performance, rugged, and reliable solutions.  Our team of experts looks forward to the opportunity to discuss your needs and demonstrate how we can be your partner of choice for OEM precision targeting capabilities.

For US Inquiries

Contact Safran Optics 1, (603) 296-0469, john.robinson@optics1.com

www.optics1.com/optics

For International Inquiries

Contact Safran Vectronix, +41 71 726 72 00, vectronix@safrangroup.com

www.safran-vectronix.com/ultisense-the-oem-success-factor

SIG SAUER Electro-Optics BDX System Featured in Black Rifle Coffee’s April “Big Game Giveaway”

Sunday, April 14th, 2019

NEWINGTON, N.H., (April 12, 2019) –SIG SAUER, Inc. is pleased to announce it has partnered with Black Rifle Coffee Company (BRCC) for the April “Big Game Giveaway.” This month long sweepstakes features a complete award-winning SIG SAUER Electro-Optics BDX System including a SIERRA3BDX 6.5-20x52mm riflescope, KILO3000 BDX Rangefinder Binoculars, and an ALPHA2 Mount. The total “Big Game Giveaway” package is valued at over $2,500.

The SIG SAUER Electro-Optics BDX System combines traditional hunting equipment with technology. BDX™ is a fully integrated rangefinder and riflescope system that utilizes Applied Ballistics Ultralight and Bluetooth™ to calculate and illuminate the exact holdover dot for the perfect shot. BDX™ is simple, fast, and intuitive – just connect the dot. The SIG BDX app is free and available for Android or iOS devices.

The BRCC/SIG SAUER “Big Game Giveaway” runs through April 30, 2019, and there’s no purchase necessary to enter.  For full contest rules, terms, and conditions visit blackriflecoffee.com.