Silynx has just added a new feature to their website designed specifically for mobile users. Now, you can now build and customize your own C4OPS headset. It works just like the full-featured website and allows you to add headsets, cables, accessories, as well as the C4Grip to your C4OPS or Micro C4OPS config and submit for a quote. Then, you can upload it for a quote.
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Silynx Communications has introduced the C4OPS Skull Cap. Designed to cover the Warfighter’s ears for enhanced in ear bud retention and to serve as a wind noise protector, the new Skull Cap integrates right into the C4OPS system. It is manufactured from a light-gauge fabric with an absorbent liner and keeps your head dry and comfy even when worn under a helmet. It features the new Silynx Bad Ass logo and Silynx will contribute $10 for each of the first 1,000 Skull Caps sold to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.
It’s so long Antioch and hello Brentwood for Tactical Command Industries. Effective 27 June, 2011, they are moving from their original business unit opened in 1996 in Antioch, California by Don Medine, a service disabled Police Sergeant and Tactical Team Leader to a new facility at 2150 Elkins Way, Brentwood, California 94513. It will give the company much needed space to expand customer service, production and R&D functions.
According to the company president, “The purchase and acquisition of the new facility for the company in Brentwood, California is exciting, but also delineates the end of part of the company’s history. We started the company in Antioch and we have operated a business unit there since the beginning.†Mr. Medine continued, “Part of my law enforcement career was with the police department in Brentwood, so it seemed quite natural for the company to move there.â€
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Snow Peak is well known for their innovative products produced in Titanium. Generally, they are things like sporks and kick ass mugs. Stuff you use while camping. So their newest offering is a bit of a surprise.
Cool right? Now the downer part. These nuggets come directly from their web site:
※ This product is intended to cover and not intended to protect.
※ This product is made of metal that may degrade performance of radio transceiver.
※ Use of this product could result in iPhone 4 being scratched.
Thanks Nick!
Smart phones are being integrated into tactical communications architectures in a variety of ways. Silynx communications stays in constant contact with their customers and has reacted to this phenomenon by creating interface cables for various devices. This is the iPhone cable which is used to connect an iPhone to the Micro C4OPS System.
Look for more accessories designed to increase the utility and reach of tactical communications from Silynx.
Due to increased use of the AN/PRC-152 radio, Silynx Communications has released a new smart side PRC-152 cable adaptor. When connected to their C4OPS or Micro C4OPS, the new low profile cable adaptor enables the user to remote control the radio’s channels and volume. It also provides parasitic power from the 152 to the C4OPS or Micro C4OPS control box eliminating the requirement for yet another battery.
In addition, Silynx has also released BA5590 single and dual AN/PRC- 152 splitters. The splitters allow communicators and JTACs to carry up to two 152 radios powered from a single BA5590 battery.
Finally, don’t forget to contact Silynx and make sure you are using the latest software release.
3M Peltor has just introduced the next generation in communications headsets, the COMTAC IV Hybrid.
The idea is pretty cool. The headset housing which resembles an upside down horseshoe contains all of the electronics which eliminates the need for a large, heavy external radio control box. Rather than bulky ear phones, the user will now wear small ear plugs that integrate communications, and hearing protection. The COMTACT IV also features the same ambient listening capabilities as the COMTAC ACH; external sound is amplified for situational awareness, but the system shuts out loud tactical noises. Peltor will provide various sizes of the flanged earplugs to ensure a proper fit. There is no learning curve since the system’s control interface is exactly the same as previous models. However, there is also a new ‘boost’ feature that allows the user to manually override the audio input to pump up the the volume for those times when a higher audio output is necessary. Thoughtfully, the Comtact IV uses a AAA battery as a power source.
Gel ear pads help stabilize the headset and are attached with a proprietary 3M product that holds a stronger bond than hook and pile tape.
What is really cool about the new COMTAC IV is that it is also compatible with the Ops-Core ARC Kit (Accessory Rail Connector) for use with FAST (Future Assault Shell Technology) Helmets just like its predecessor the COMTAC III. In addition to a conversion kit, models will also be offered with the ARC adapter integrated directly from the factory. With either version, a microphone can installed either right or left.
The COMTAC IV is available now for preorder from Tidewater Tactical with deliveries beginning in June.
For those of you who are “new” readers, as in having begun reading since we ran this article in June of 2008, we thought you might be interested in a great piece of kit that has been upgraded a couple of times since we published this. They have been providing capabilities for years that other companies are just now beginning to offer. DFT has our highest recommendation for small unit ISR capabilities.
Satellite Imagery Enhanced GPS (SIMEG) Receiver is a rugged, handheld GPS receiver that correlates the receiver’s position and displays it on satellite imagery as a geo-rectified moving-map. What makes the SIMEG so unique is that it supports all National Geospatial Agency digital imagery and map products down to 1-meter CIB imagery. Upgrades are being worked for NGA’s Vector Product Format and specialty products developed by NGA and terrain teams as well as commercial products such as USGS Digital Ortho Quads for work back here in CONUS. While a few new commercial receivers show commercial imagery, no commercial GPS receiver displays NGA products. That alone would make the SIMEG worth pursuing but the team at DFT has also made the SIMEG compatible with PFPS route and threat overlay files. This means you can plan a mission on a Mission Planning terminal and export overlays to the SIMEG. They will show up on the imagery just like they do on FalconView. Top that!
The SIMEG has been under development for about four years and in use by specialized forces. I say development, because as I stated earlier, DFT is constantly updating software to support new requirements and emerging digital geospatial products. DFT is also looking at ways to improve the form and fit of the capability but I’ll leave it up to them to tell you more.
In addition to the SIMEG, DFT has a range of ISR technologies aimed at the small unit.
For more information contact Digital Force Technologies
