Shellback Tactical has introduced an app. It’s a simple, straight forward architecture that gets you access to he info you want. It’s got direct links to all of their social media including Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest as well as the good stuff, new product highlights and a store interface.
Get it for Android at play.google.comp. Shellback says this app also works on Windows phones. An iOS variant is coming soon.
Source One Distributors is carrying Line of Fire’s hand wear which features the TEGS technology. Now, they’ve added Touch Screen Capability which is now available in any of Line of Fire’s gloves. It allows you to manipulate the touch screen of your mobile device. This means FR gloves and the ability to manipulate mobile devices and a killer grip.
Here you can see the Operator glove with the LoF Flip Grip we first wrote about during SHOT Show.
The new Citizen Eco-Drive Proximity is not only solar powered but it also connects via Bluetooth to your iPhone. The point of the system is that it has small indicators on the face and the second hand swings to one of them to indicate that there is something on your iPhone that needs attention, for example a message or meeting. the advantage is that you can leave your phone in your bag or pocket and still be notified by your phone even when it is silent. What do you think about your devices talking to one another? Could this be applied in other instances as well?
It’s certainly stylish, but is it Useful or Useless? Either way, it’s coming this Fall from www.citizenwatch.com.
We are publishing an article written by an employee of a vendor in order to educate and spark debate. The Author, Trevor Finklaire MBE is Director of Business Development at Kord Defence Pty Ltd in Australia. He is a Veteran of the British Army having served operationally in Northern Ireland and Iraq for Desert Storm/Provide Comfort. Since emigrating to Australia he has worked for contractors on the Australian Land 125 program, UK FIST, Austrian Soldat 2015 with some exploratory work with the USMC. Kord Defence is not an advertiser with SSD.
“Engage Quicker – Stay Safer”
The mission of the infantry is to defeat the enemy through close combat. The Infantry closes with the enemy by means of fire and maneuver in order to destroy or capture him or to repel his assault by fire, close combat, and counterattack (US FM7-8, Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad). Historically, to achieve this, the infantry soldier was equipped to defeat the enemy and to survive both battlefield threats and the environment in which he operates. Until quite recently, it was easy to equip an infantryman as he basically had clothing, load carriage equipment and a rifle with iron or optical sights. Little regard was paid to how this equipment worked together when carried by the soldier. However, in the late 90s, with rapid advances in technology, NATO’s Land Capability Group 1 defined a Soldier System as “Integration of everything the soldier wears, carries and consumes for enhanced individual and collective (small unit) capability.” To further break down this definition, five NATO capability domains were established: mobility, sustainability, C4I, survivability and lethality. This heralded the inception of a whole new area of development and innovation! A soldier version of “Robo Cop” was envisaged. NATO set up committees and global conferences flourished attracting the military, defense industry and academia. The vision of a fully integrated soldier system was born.
Initial enthusiasm centered on command, control and information and how the soldier could be included in “the network”; utilizing technology to allow soldiers to know where they are, where their mates are and where the enemy is. Digital radios and battle management systems were developed but were generally cumbersome, heavy and power hungry. Advances in technology have brought down the weight and size to manageable levels, but rather like early mobile phones; they work but there has not yet been an explosive uptake. The C4I equipment needs to be smaller, more reliable and easier to use in the field.
(more…)
We’re big fans of the home brewed Tactical NAV app and its creator Jonathon Springer so we’re quite pleased to bring you some news. If anyone has ever earned the title TacHacker, it’s this guy.
First off, the makers of Tactical NAV recently released “Compass NAV” for Android a couple of weeks ago. Basically it’s just the compass function of TACNAV and it’s priced at .99 cents.
Tactical NAV is also in the midst of an update that will include –
– Separate iPad and Android versions … plus a new iPhone version (free update for existing users)
– Troop tracking (all users on all systems — iPhone, iPad, Android will be able to see each other on the battlefield along with MMS/SMS messaging capabilities between each other, etc)
– A realtime “FreeDraw” – a sandtable-like capability that will act very similar to BFT and CPOF
– iCloud integration
– Facebook integration
– Ability to record video with geolocation-data updated in realtime for playback later
– Voice annotating function
– UTM addition
– “Go to Grid” will be able to work with MGRS, LAT/LONG, and UTM
Here are some screenshots of Tactical NAV running on iPad.
‘Like’ them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/tacticalnav.
Intelligent Armour released a very nice MultiCam Kindle case a few weeks ago. Based on its success, they’ve added a few new options to their range of multimedia cases to include iPad, Nook, Kobo and Samsung eReaders and other tablets.
Intelligent Armour manufactures all of these cases in the UK, UK using Crye Multicam 2-way stretch from Duro Industries. The larger cases employ Potomac Field Gear’s Advance Protective Fabric; this is to protect the device/tablet screen from getting scratched. The fabric is also fire retardant, wicking and anti-static.
www.body-armour-protection.co.uk/Multicam-Field-Gear
Manufactured by Intelligent Armour in the UK from Crye 2-way stretch NanoSphere 40D Multicam fabric; the IA Multicam Kindle Case is water resistant and padded to protect your Kindle during travel.
www.body-armour-protection.co.uk/IA-Multicam-Kindle-Case
Under a Firm Fixed-Price Contract the US Air Force has chosen the Black Diamond Advanced Technology‘s Modular Tactical System (MTS) as their next-generation US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) Operator Control System (OCS). Used by Special Operations Forces and Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, the Battlefield Air Operations (BAO) OCS is a wearable solution, incorporating a tactical vest with power management and a rugged computing device, designed for dismounted Close Air Support operations and communications control.
A component of the BAO kit, the MTS is a wearable, combat-enabled tactical communications tool providing situational awareness and blue force tracking. It also functions as a precision strike tool that facilitates control of multiple mission-critical peripherals on a central display, eliminating battery and equipment redundancies and lightening the load on the operator.
With the MTS at the core, the overall solution reduces the time required for the JTAC to prosecute a target and increases accuracy and efficiency by allowing the operator to maximize the existing radio and air-asset capabilities during dismounted operations.
I was able to try out a version of the MTS last year. It is an impressive system that is integrated directly into an armor carrier. What really impressed me was that it is right there in front of you and you don’t have to pack up a laptop to move. You can quickly transition back and forth between the screen and your surroundings to maintain situational awareness.
You can run it through the paces as well at this week’s Warrior Expo East. Additionally, ADS Inc offers the MTS for units and organizations that require on the move computing but who are not part of this program of record.
Warrior Expo EAST
July 12 1030 – 1600 EDT
July 13 1030 – 1500 EDT
Virginia Beach Convention Ctr
Virginia Beach, VA
