We are only a few weeks out from the 2010 SpecOps Warfighter Expo East held at Fayetteville, NC’s Crown Expo Center April 13-16. Like last year it will be held in conjunction with the annual Special Forces Branch Symposium. The expo is open at no charge to all active duty, active reserve, law enforcement and government personnel. However, there is a fee for attendance by industry.
For more information or to register, visit DefenseTradeShows.com.
Larry Vickers has long been interested in offering a one-stop resource for those who want to purchase is signature products as well as those that he uses himself. With his demanding training schedule it was a project that had to stay on the back burner. However, he recently teamed with Duke Creative, a company earning a well deserved reputation for excellence in developing e-commerce solutions for tactical companies.
“I’ve been wanting to start an e-commerce site for a while now and have never had the opportunity to do so. Now that I’ve partnered with a webmaster knowledgeable in tactical gear, he agreed to start and manage the store for me; a no-brainer situation considering the success he’s brought to other e-commerce websites,” said Larry Vickers, renowned tactical trainer.
Net Tac is up and running and featuring products from Blue Force Gear, Daniel Defense, EOTAC, and TangoDown.
Vltor Weapons Systems has announced that they have reached an amicable agreement with Magpul and are dropping the patent infringement suit filed last October according to an Vltor press release. Vltor went on to further state they are happy with the settlement that fully protects their interests but that further details would not be forthcoming.
According to information from Numrich Arms, they have purchased KBI lock, stock, and barrel and should have a handle on inventory by May. Unfortunately, KBI closed its doors in January after, shall we say, having been over come by events. They always held a great reputation, importing numerous firearms from a variety of manufacturers. Their latest coup was to have been the Tavor. Unfortunately, if it is the object of your desire you are going to have to wait a bit longer while someone else finalizes a deal to sell the rifle.
Canadian-based Integral Designs has been purchased by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd. the parent company of Rab USA. Integral Designs is a manufacturer of technical outerwear and equipment and is well known in the outdoor industry and has some niche followers in the military mainly concentrated in the SOF community under the Integral Tactical brand. Integral Designs will remain an independent brand under Equip Outdoor Technologies while sales support, warehousing, marketing direction and other administrative functions relating will be transferred to Louisville, Colorado. The Calgary-based plant will continue to manufacture Integral Designs products until mid-2011.
Evan Jones and the current team at Integral Designs will continue to own and operate the Calgary-based manufacturing center where they will manufacture specialized non-consumer products for government and institutional accounts under the Integral Tactical brand.
So the commercial side of ID was sold and the tactical brand will remain.
Below is a transcript of arguments in Supreme Court case McDonald v. City of Chicago. The decision in this case is likely to affect the US firearms industry and by extension, the US small arms industry and is presented purely for informational purposes.
McDonald v. City of Chicago Transcript 030210
If you’ve got a great new widget that fits any one of the categories below then Naval Air Systems Command at Pax River wants to hear about it. What’s great about a Broad Agency Announcement is that they last all year so it’s easy to make the deadline and are intended to cast a wide net in search of solutions for issues facing a command. There aren’t any pesky requirements that you have to meet. They want to hear about your good ideas and see if they fill any of their capability gaps.
(1) protection against G-induced loss of consciousness, loss of situational awareness, spatial disorientation, and high altitude hypoxia; (2) micro / nanotechnology applicable to life support and protective devices; (3) protection against hypothermia / hyperthermia; (4) auxiliary or integrated human cooling and heating systems; (5) integrated helmet mounted displays, multi-mode helmet vision system technology; (6) advanced filter / device development for eye and / or sensor protection; (7) warfighter / equipment compatibility; (8) breathing systems and advanced concept approaches for current and future applications; (9) crash protection, advanced restraint systems (all axes of restraint), accelerative loads reduction and seating concepts; (10) emergency egress / escape concepts such as but not limited to improved signaling / locating, thermal signature reduction, and day / night cloaking technologies (11) integrated communications systems; (12) hearing protection and communication capabilities in high noise environments (13) integrated floatation systems; (14) human strength enhancement technologies; (15) garment textiles / materials, flame resistant / melt-proof fibers, webbings, water-proof, high-stretch, breathable fabrics, durable, malleable, lightweight conductive-network fabrics, low-bulk / high flexibility vascular compression mechanisms for acceleration protection, fast-response cooling / heating textiles; (16) crew / workstation design; (17) lightweight, portable power sources, recharging and scavenging technologies, and (18) other personal protective technologies.
As you can see this pretty much runs the gamut of Soldier Systems as well as some aviation technologies. If you think you’ve got what they need you will need to submit a white paper. Check out the entire solicitation at www.fbo.gov for further guidance.
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Wiggy’s Newsletter Nov 2009
