Mountain Horse Solutions exhibited in the Global Ordnance booth. They are also affiliated with the UK’s Brigantes and bring several European Soldier Systems technologies to the US.
They displayed quite a few items for mountain and arctic warfare including Acapulka Pulk sleds, Arktis Overwhites, Helix climbing gear, Montane Tactical clothing, and Black Crows Militari Orb Skis.
Michelin is well known for their tires, but it was also great to see them showcase their footwear soles used in a variety of military boots.
Inspired by bushcrafting, the all Black Gerber Terracraft features an S30V full range blade (3.9″ blade and 9.1″ overall length) mated with a layered G10 handle. The fire striking edge is intended for use with a ferro told and the boltaron sheath even has a spot for your ferro rod.
Fischer Connectors offered a sneak peek of their new six port hub which showcases their cables with NETT Warrior standard connectors. This hub features dedicated ports for radio, EUD, and battery as well as three additional ports for the personal area network. It is IP68 rated and PALS compatible.
You may have heard of a Picatinny Smart Rail or Powered Rail which is the NATO STANAG 4740/AEP-90.
The T-Worx Intelligent Rail offers centralized weapon enabler power and control. The intelligent rail is Mil Std 1913 compatible but features an embedded, ruggedized printed circuit board (PCB). The battery is located in the butstock and connects to the rail via jumpers which follow contours of the lower receiver. Alternatives include a pistol grip battery or a mount directly to the rail.
Technically, it’s a power AND data rail but most users have concentrated on the ability to centrally power their enablers. The new Gateway Node seen in this photo, attached to the 3 o’clock rail position allows all of the enablers attached to the rail to communicate with other item’s in the Soldier’s network like an End User Device. It is compatible with the U.S. Army’s Intra-Soldier Wireless (ISW) protocol.
Cervello Global is offering Chiron-X1 CQC Armor with training by Redback One.
Chiron-X1 CQC Armor is made from carbon fiber and padded, allowing the wearer to train at full speed, protecting the wearer from injury due to strikes from blunt force weapons along with punches and kicks as well as the use of marking rounds. Additionally, it provides head, neck, throat and cervical spine protection against compression, hyperextension and whiplash.
To the left of this photo you see a full ensemble while to the right Redback One’s Jason Falla demonstrates that you can scale the armor to the level needed for the type of training being conducted.
The Lynq PRO from OTTO Communications uses Global Navigation Satellite System data to provide GPS in austere environments. Compatible with TAK, location data and waypoints can be shared amongst the network nodes (up to 24). You can also send messages via the network. This is a frequency hopping, encrypted line of sight system which has a range of about 10 km.
Citadel displayed their Titan Counter-Unmanned Aerial System which rather than relying on a library of UAS profiles, examines the EM spectrum (400 MHz to 6 GHz) and uses artificial intelligence/machine learning to detect, identify, defeat, and report UAS.
