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From the Golden State to the Sunshine State, ATN Relocates Facilities to South Florida

Thursday, March 10th, 2022

ATN sets up new headquarters and manufacturing facility in Doral, Florida to better serve its customers now and into the future.

ATN’s new headquarters in Doral, FL. Image courtesy of www.loopnet.com.

Doral, Fla. (March 2022) – ATN, Corp., an industry leader of innovative optics for civilian, law enforcement, and the military, announces it has relocated its facilities from California to a new expansive Florida headquarters and manufacturing facility. The move was necessitated by the rapid expansion and growth the company has seen since its founding in 1995. By leveraging innovation and expertise to create the best technology for its customers, ATN has been able to continuously grow.

“This move is a continuation of ATN’s mission to bring feature-rich products to market. Innovation is central to ATN, and this new step allows the company to deliver the highest quality of products to its customers in a more efficient manner,” remarked Marc Vayn, Chief Marketing Officer of ATN.

The Florida facility is highlighted by a technically advanced manufacturing floor, expansive warehouse, streamlined shipping area, improved warranty center, and high-tech R&D facilities. All of these improvements will allow the company to better serve its customers now and in the future.

To learn more about ATN and see the full details of ATN’s products, visit www.atncorp.com or call 1- 800-910-2862, Monday through Friday, from 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM PST.

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Cheers to 40 Years! CORDURA Brand Celebrates Allen Mortimer with Gathering in Las Vegas

Wednesday, March 9th, 2022

Long-time brand military leader will retire from the fabric brand in April

Kennesaw, GA, USA – February 1, 2022 – INVISTA’s CORDURA® brand celebrated its long-time military segment leader, Allen Mortimer recently in Las Vegas at the Shot Show with a gathering at Canonita in the Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian Hotel. Mortimer, who joined DuPont on June 8, 1981 before Koch Industries purchased INVISTA in 2004, has served the company in many roles over the last 40 years.

The gathering was a welcome change from the last few years of pandemic-forced separation and saw nearly 100 close friends and customers join Mortimer and the CORDURA® brand team for food, drinks and conversation. Attendees came from all over the U.S. and the globe to toast Mortimer and talk business.

INVISTA.com

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High Speed Gear Celebrates One Year at Their Third Facility

Wednesday, March 9th, 2022

SWANSBORO, N.C. – March 9th, 2022 – High Speed Gear® is delighted to celebrate its 1 year anniversary of their third facility in Windsor, N.C. facility.

HSGI started in 1999 as a garage-based custom shop serving Marines at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., with custom equipment suited for mission specific tasks. High Speed Gear® has since grown rapidly and has earned its place as the largest full-time employer of its native town of Swansboro, N.C. Since 1999, times have changed, missions have changed and High Speed Gear® has adapted to those changes to outfit service members, first responders and government agencies with the latest high-end tactical gear in support of their missions. To keep up with the sustained high demand for production, High Speed Gear® expanded its Swansboro facility with an additional two story building and quickly realized the need for a third production facility. So, the search began as the demand continued to climb.

In February of 2021, High Speed Gear® cut the ribbon that opened the facility in Bertie County, North Carolina. The additional facility has brought a magnitude of success on all levels of their business, especially from a supply and demand standpoint. Since then, “many” jobs have been created and filled in Windsor. This not only allows growing opportunities for the residents of Windsor and surrounding towns, but it allowed production lead times to be dramatically reduced.

“The opening of the Windsor facility was needed to meet the expectations of our end-users.” said Bill Babboni, HSGI COO. “We needed to increase throughput as the demand for our gear continues to grow. Since the opening of the facility, we were able to create new products such as the Apex™ Sling, ReVive™ Medical Pouch, Core™ Plate Carrier, Navigator Tech Pouch, and the ReFlex™ IFAK System to name a few. When we opened the facility, we also opened employment opportunities for residents of Windsor. We are proud of our High Speed Gear® family and I’m looking forward to seeing what we can accomplish next going forward.”

High Speed Gear® takes pride in the manufacturing of all products in the United States from materials made in the United States. Whether your mission is at home or abroad, High Speed Gear® is there to provide American made, Battle-Proven Tactical Gear.

www.highspeedgear.com

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ATN Corp Supports Ukrainian Efforts Against Putin

Sunday, March 6th, 2022

ATN demonstrates solidarity with the Ukrainian people with generous donations. ATN efforts on the ground in Bulgaria are now moving much-needed shipments of humanitarian and defensive supplies through Ukraine’s border into fighting zones.

Doral, Fla. (March 2022) – ATN, Corp., an industry leader of innovative optics for civilian, law enforcement, and the military, announce it has opened a site on the ATN website for direct donations to help the Ukrainian people receive humanitarian supplies and equipment for their fighting forces against the unjust actions of the Russian tyrant, Putin, and his forces.

Marc Vayn, founder of ATN, was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and grew up in the United States where he started the optics company in 1995. ATN has offices across the United States, as well as in Odessa and Kiev, Ukraine. Before the outbreak of the war, the ATN team worked tirelessly to move Ukrainian staff members and their families to offices in Bulgaria or a safe place within their home country. Several ATN staff members refused to be moved and have taken up the fight against the Russian aggressor.

“I am an American citizen first, but of Ukrainian blood and spirit,” Vayn said. “It is imperative that as a united front, the democratic peoples of the world push back against this despot, Putin, and all he represents.”

James Munn, co-founder of the American-based ATN, Corp. and CEO added, “As a US Army veteran, I know how critical, time-wise, it is to get the necessary supplies to the front lines in order to repel the enemy. That is why we set up a donation site directly on our page. Your donation happens immediately, goes to the source immediately, and will end up helping Ukrainian forces immediately. Not next week, not next month. Now.”

With supplies desperately needed, the ATN team, spearheaded by Vayn and ATN CEO, James Munn, has started a donation page on the ATN website that allows good citizens to donate money that will go directly and immediately to ATN teams and volunteers in Bulgaria. ATN teams in Bulgaria and on the border of Ukraine have coordinated logistics to move defensive supplies directly to the fighting forces. Unlike other donation sites, the ATN Ukraine relief donation site is processed immediately so that ATN team members overseas can take action literally within 24-hours.

Upon the launch of the ATN Ukraine donation site, Vayn donated $100,000 of his personal money to the cause. Current donations are now at $128K and growing. Donations can be made by credit card or PayPal. Visit www.atncorp.com/ukraine to donate to this urgent cause.

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Team 5 Medical Foundation Heads to Nepal with Support by Tasmanian Tiger

Friday, March 4th, 2022

Team 5 Medical Foundation’s first post-COVID humanitarian aid mission starts March 2022 with a team of highly trained medical professionals to assist indigenous populations in the Palpa regions of Nepal. Tasmanian Tiger®, a Silver Sponsor, is providing support with product and financial donations to the non-profit SOFMED veteran foundation, Team 5.

Knoxville, Tenn. (March 2022) – Tasmanian Tiger®, a tactical nylon line of products distributed exclusively for the US market by Proforce Equipment, Inc., is proud to support Team 5 Medical Foundation, a non-profit SOFMED veteran foundation providing medical relief to some of the world’s most over-looked populations in hard-to-reach places.

The Nepal expedition was initially postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions and is now set to launch in early March. Team 5 consists of highly trained medical practitioners including professionals from the USA, UK, Portugal, and Croatia, will arrive in Kathmandu on March 11 and push into the mountainous Palpa region for ten days. Team 5 founder and team leader, Eric S. Linder, RMP, will lead eight medical professionals to conduct medical and dental clinics, ultrasounds, and deworming for intestinal parasites, which affect over 18 million people globally and are linked directly to malnutrition and anemia of young children. Team 5 will work in cooperation with two hospitals and local practitioners for one week to provide care to 110 patients per day.

As Silver Sponsors, Tasmanian Tiger is supporting this humanitarian effort through financial and product donations. Much of the gear the team will take in the country will be Tasmanian Tiger products, from the TT Passport Safe RFID to a variety of packs, including the TT City Daypack 20 for daily use, to the TT Mission Pack MK II to carry the team’s clothing, personal items, gear, and to be used at their go-bag. Medical packs will be outfitted with critically needed medicines, as well as a variety of smaller pouches to protect eyewear, phones, computers, and other items, that can be easily configured on the larger TT Modular Gunner Packs and Mission Pack MKII’s.

“The logistics of this effort alone, with team members coming in from different countries, available transportation into the mountainous regions of Nepal, require gear that can withstand tremendous abuse, yet protect valuable medical, diagnostic and communication items,” Linder explained. “The Tasmanian Tiger bags, packs, and pouches are built to withstand serious use while protecting valuable and even fragile items. The ability to configure each set of bags, packs, and pouches is also essential, as each member of the team has a very different mission, with different requirements.”

“Our support of Team 5 on their first post-COVID humanitarian expedition is reflective of the core values of Tasmanian Tiger and Tatonka GmbH,” Andreas Schechinger, CEO of Tatonka GmbH, added. “All of our employees, from our corporate and satellite offices to our factories, are part of our Open Factory concept. That means we respect our employees and provide for them a socially responsible and sustainable environment in which to create, produce, and thrive. Like Team 5, Tasmanian Tiger strives to make the world a better place.”

Noted for its extreme beauty, the country of Nepal sits land-locked between China to the north and India to its south. One of the few countries left in the world where the fast-paced world of technology is slow to advance, the country boasts some of the most extreme environments from humid plains to icy mountain peaks. Nepal is the birthplace of Siddhartha Buddha, and its varied multi-cultural and ethnic landscape hosts some of the world’s most treasured man-made and nature-made wonders.

The Team 5 Medical Foundation mission members for the Nepal expedition include team leader, Eric Linder (RMP, FAWM [Remote & Austere Medical Specialist]); assistant team leader, Bryan Vande Sand (HM, ST [USAF/USN Corpsman/Surgical Tech]); medical director, Chris Duncan (MD, Intensive Care); coordinator, Saskia Pia Muller (MD, Emergency Medicine); dentist, Bryan Ferriera (DDS, Oral Surgery); dentist Burjor Langdana (DDS, Oral Surgery); nursing, Laura Thomson (RN, Critical Care Nurse); and paramedic, Ollie Neece (EMTP-CC, Critical Care and Rescue Paramedic).

The Team 5 Medical Foundation expedition to Nepal is being sponsored by: Tasmanian Tiger, Snugpak, Massif, WileyX, Darn Tough Socks, US Elite, SPOT, and Proforce Equipment.

Donations to Team 5 Medical Foundation can be made here: www.team-5.org/donate.

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DroneShield – Teledyne FLIR Collaboration and First Marquee Customer

Thursday, March 3rd, 2022

DroneShield Limited (ASX:DRO) (“DroneShield” or the “Company”), a global leader in artificial intelligence solutions for advanced unmanned threats, and Teledyne FLIR, a world leader in intelligent sensing solutions for defense and industrial applications, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, have announced a collaboration to offer a joint sensing and mitigation solution for unmanned aerial threats.

As part of the collaboration, Teledyne FLIR is extending its counter-UAS thermal imaging sensing technology to the DroneShield platform, which has developed and applied its powerful AI and machine learning software algorithms via radiofrequency (RF) sensing and computer vision technologies. The addition of Teledyne FLIR thermal camera hardware and expertise will enable military customers to improve detection, including identifying and tracking numerous unmanned threats in the thermal and RF spectrums at considerable range, providing a unique and ground-breaking capability offered within a single system.

The combined sensor offering has secured an initial marquee customer, a major Western military agency, which will be deploying the combined system at one of the best-known military testing ranges in the world.

Image: DroneShield DroneSentry-C2 command-and-control system with Teledyne FLIR thermal imaging sensing technology

Oleg Vornik, DroneShield CEO, commented, “With the ability to detect, identify, and track threats in the thermal and RF spectrums via powerful artificial intelligence algorithms, DroneShield and Teledyne FLIR offer a unique and differentiated capability, poised to augment a substantial number of multi-sensor C-UAS systems globally. We are thrilled to enter this collaboration. We are already working together on multiple tier-one global opportunities, including having jointly secured the initial marquee DoD customer for our combined offering, which incorporates our radiofrequency sensors and DroneSentry-C2 command-and-control system. The joint system’s capability, plus the combination of Teledyne FLIR and DroneShield channels to market, strongly positions the combined system for a meaningful-scale rollout with Five Eyes partners and approved allies globally.”

“The unmatched Teledyne FLIR thermal imaging hardware and analytics for counter UAS, along with DroneShield’s RF sensors and unique AI software algorithms, provide a differentiated and substantial value-add to allied defence departments,” said Kai Moncino, Director of Global Business Development – Solutions, Teledyne FLIR. “Teledyne FLIR is thrilled to work closely with DroneShield to secure our first marquee proof-of-concept DoD customer at the iconic deployment location, and we look forward to expanding on our collaboration with DroneShield globally.”

Image: Teledyne FLIR thermal image sensor at a DroneShield facility

Further Information
Oleg Vornik
CEO and Managing Director

Email: oleg.vornik@droneshield.com

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Mission Spec Starts New Series: ‘Because I Sew That’

Monday, February 21st, 2022

Today, Mission Spec (KS) has released the first episode of their new series ‘Because I Sew That’. A play on words from their previous series ‘Because I Know That’. Mission Spec has noticed the increase in DIY gear creation/modification by end users and seeks to tackle some of the more common questions received on the subject.

In this first episode Brent explains the relatively simple process of turning your CORDURA fabric into functioning webbing for applications such as PALS. “Nothing here is going to be hyper-complicated. This is really serving as a beginner’s guide to get people rolling. Seasoned Stitch-Operators are already going to know this stuff.” Says Brent.

Mission Spec welcomes suggestions for future videos and requests they be left in the comments section of the YouTube link.

www.MissionSpec.com

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1791 Gunleather Promotes Lauren Manglitz

Thursday, February 17th, 2022

Miami, FL – 1791 Gunleather is excited to announce the promotion of former Regional Sales Manager Lauren Manglitz to Territory Development Manager.

“After her excellent performance over the past few years, we’re thrilled to have Lauren take on even more responsibility within 1791 Gunleather,” said Ramiro Romani, CEO of 1791 Gunleather. “I know she’ll bring passion, experience, and knowledge to her new position.”

A valuable member of the 1791 Gunleather team since 2018, Manglitz is an experienced shooter and firearms instructor with a passion for keeping Americans safe while exercising their Second Amendment rights. She previously worked as an editor for government contractors and spent several years in retail.

In her new role, Manglitz will be responsible for new business development with target accounts in multiple territories, sales associate training, and new product development.

“With a company that I can be truly proud to work for, I have enjoyed every moment of these last years serving our dealers, expanding our customer base, and spreading the word about what we do here at 1791 Gunleather,” said Manglitz. “I’m excited to move forward with this company in my new role as Territory Development Manager, assisting in the creation of new product lines that are needed by our fellow patriots, and working to further expand our reach across the United States, so that gun owners in every state can go into their local gun shop and get a quality product they can trust.”

Headquartered in Miami, 1791 Gunleather empowers Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights with high-quality leather holsters and accessories, all backed by a lifetime warranty and 100% satisfaction guarantee. To learn more browse the full lineup of premium holsters and leather goods, visit 1791Gunleather.com.

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