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Arc’teryx PRO Expands Access

Thursday, December 4th, 2025

Built for the Mission & Elevating Access: Arc’teryx PRO Evolves

Arc’teryx PRO remains committed to delivering uncompromising performance for those operating in the most demanding environments. Building on this foundation, and following investment in production capacity and close collaboration with vendor partners, we are proud to announce the evolution of our PRO line into two distinct collections:

• Essentials Collection: Functional, versatile designs for durability and precision. No longer limited to just professional users, available to anyone through one of our trusted network of Arc’teryx PRO Dealers, beginning December 5th, 2025.

• Mission Collection: Highly specialized products made in limited quantities and with selective access, will continue to focus on serving dedicated accredited professionals who require advanced solutions for critical operations.

Historically, PRO products have been reserved for purchase by a limited group of specialized end users in the outdoor and tactical space. Today, we are expanding access to PRO for professionals and dedicated enthusiasts across disciplines, those who require uncompromising performance.

Over the next few years, expect new colorways, next-generation designs, and expanded offerings of women’s fits to select models. This new product offering ensures more people can access elite gear without compromising performance. This evolution reflects our unwavering commitment to quality, reliability, and performance.

For details on product availability, visit our authorized dealer network.

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World-First Managed Procurement System to Enhance the Success of the Drone Industry

Thursday, December 4th, 2025

[London: 3 December 2025]: Today, leading independent drone advisors, Drone Major, have launched a first-of-its-kind managed procurement services platform for the global drone industry, which will help power Britain’s procurement process and drive innovation across Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the UK’s drone sector.

The launch of the new managed procurement platform will enable buyers and suppliers in the UK drone industry to efficiently fast-track major projects andunlock new opportunities for SMEs to participate in previously inaccessible large-scale projects.

Drone Major, which secured approval from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for the UK’s first beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights over the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure in May 2025, has enhanced its existing supplier platform toconnect global suppliers with high-value procurement opportunities in robotics, drones, and unmanned systems.

Robert Garbett, Founder and Chief Executive of Drone Major, commented on the new launch: “The UK has the talent and technologies, many of which reside within our own SME base, but it has lacked the mechanism to bring them to the front line effectively. The launch of our new platform marks a major step forward in empowering British SMEs and startups, giving them a powerful tool to navigate and simplify complex procurement processes in the drone industry.”

“It will help place the UK at the forefront of the global drone industry, while also strengthening the UK’s supply chain independence… and reducing reliance on China.”

The global drone and robotics market is projected to grow from a current size of £55 billion in 2024 to £121 billion in 2030, presenting British SMEs with a major opportunity.[1]

Drone Major’s new platform is centred around a business-to-business marketplace to connect buyers and suppliers globally with vetted, trusted partners in the drone and robotics ecosystem.

It enables the delivery of end-to-end programmes, with Drone Major coordinating the complete supply chain process, ensuring on-time and on-budget project completion.  Drone Major will evaluate supplier bids, select the most capable vendors, and then manage the entire supply-chain execution, in addition to handling compliance, regulatory approval (including harnessing Drone Major’s experience with BVLOS authorisation where needed), project management, logistics, quality control, and final delivery.

Robert Garbett continued: “The new platform showcases the full breadth of our technical capability, enabling us to deliver virtually any solution in the Unmanned Systems domain.

“By opening up access to major opportunities, we’re putting the cards in the hands of the innovators. This platform will help drive a procurement revolution in the UK – cutting costs, saving time, and transforming how enterprise engages with the SME supply chain.”

The new Drone Major platform can be accessed here.

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Aegis Kinetic Group Vertex 2.0 Plate Carrier

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025

Aegis Kinetic Group is proud to announce the long-awaited release of our Vertex 2.0 Plate Carrier and Operating System. Since the release of Vertex 1.5 two years ago, we have been focused on optimizing our design approach and our manufacturing processes to create a product that strikes an effective balance between affordable production cost and a professional feature set. Initially designed for maritime applications, the Vertex has also shown its performance across various environments, including during professional deployments to the Arctic and Ukraine.

Made from water-resistant 500D Cordura laminate and weighing 15.2 oz, the Vertex can fit any S/M/L plate variant using Velcro® OneWrap adjustment tabs and a loop-lined plate backer (XL plates are compatible, depending on plate thickness). Ballistic plates are top-loaded into the front and rear panels of the Vertex, and the reinforced bottom ensures plate security during wear. An open design encourages immediate drainage during maritime and over-the-beach operations. The Vertex also features native wire routing beneath the carrier’s surface, sewn-in shock cord lashing points and other mounting options for PTTs, and integrated attachment loops for FIRSTSPEAR TUBES® Buckles and other quick-release options. The Vertex can be attached to existing S/M/L slick plate carriers to increase capability, and collapses for packing in a rucksack, duffel bag, or cargo pocket. Designed with third-party compatibility in mind, the Vertex is capable of accepting both hook/loop and shock cord cummerbunds. It is also compatible with placards using Crye-style attachments, G-Hooks, and buckles. The Vertex 2.0 Plate Carrier will be supported by the Vertex Operating System, which includes additional components such as removable front and rear load-bearing frames as well as unique placard, cummerbund, and pouch options. These and other products will be released periodically throughout the remainder of 2025 and 2026.

The Vertex 2.0 Plate Carrier and Operating System are designed and manufactured in the U.S.A. with Berry Compliant laminate and thermoplastic materials. For MIL/LE sales, email sales@aegiskineticgroup.com. Product variants with improved hydrophobic performance and flame-resistant properties, as well as other unit-specific customizations, are available upon request.

www.aegiskineticgroup.com

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MatrixSpace Named Active Sensor Winner in US Army Operation Flytrap 4.5, xTechCounter Strike Competition

Friday, November 28th, 2025

Burlington, MA (November 24, 2025) –  MatrixSpace, a leader in portable AI-enabled radar for counter-UAS missions, is the winner in the U.S. Army’s xTechCounter Strike competition, part of Operation Flytrap 4.5. MatrixSpace was the only active sensing provider selected among 15 finalists, highlighting the company’s breakthrough capabilities in rapidly deployable airspace awareness.

Operation Flytrap is the U.S. Army’s key initiative to accelerate innovative, scalable C-UAS technologies through live soldier experimentation, rapid acquisition pathways, and transition to operational units.

MatrixSpace showcased its Expeditionary AI Radar and 360 AI Radar, powered by AiEdge software, demonstrating fast setup, seamless integration into Army FAAD-C2 via the NATO-standard SAPIENT protocol, and real-time situational awareness at the tactical edge.

Four companies were selected overall, each receiving a $350,000 award and placement into the new Global Tactical Edge Acquisition Directorate (G-TEAD) Marketplace, enabling streamlined procurement by U.S. and NATO partners.

“Operation Flytrap 4.5 gave us a powerful opportunity to show MatrixSpace’s tactical advantage,” explained Matthew Kling, VP & GM, AI Systems at MatrixSpace. “Our ultra-low SWaP-C radars with AiEdge software integrate effortlessly into existing Army C2 networks and deliver dependable, soldier-ready airspace security.”

MatrixSpace radar systems deliver affordable, all-weather, AI-powered detection and classification for airspace, perimeter, and object monitoring, enabling organizations to rapidly establish robust situational awareness in contested environments.

www.matrixspace.com

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Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Wins Framework Contract from Danish Armed Forces for Logistics Vehicles

Thursday, November 27th, 2025

Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles has once again achieved significant success with the HX truck family. The Danish procurement authority FMI (Forsvarsministeriets Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse; Ministry of Defense Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) ) has awarded Rheinmetall a framework agreement for the delivery of up to 1,000 HX and TG trucks.

The contract was accompanied by an initial call-off for over 100 trucks. This call-off is worth in the double-digit million euro range and was booked in the fourth quarter of 2025.

The new trucks will be procured as part of the build-up of a Danish heavy infantry brigade. Delivery of the vehicles will take place within an exceptionally short time frame. First call-offs will be delivered before end of 2027. The order also includes additional services such as maintenance, spare parts, and vehicle training. At the same occasion the sustainment contract for the existing fleet is prolonged for additional four years.

This order marks Denmark’s return to the HX family of users. It also represents a decisive strategic step toward strengthening the market position in Northern European countries and positioning the HX as the Royal Danish Army’s standard tactical truck. The new order further demonstrates the high level of acceptance enjoyed by the proven HX vehicles.

“The acquisition of new all-terrain trucks for the heavy infantry brigade is another important piece in the Army’s armament. Therefore, I am very pleased that through this contract signing, we now ensure that the soldiers within a few years will have significantly increased their combat power in their operational tasks. I am pleased to see our collaboration with Rheinmetall continue,” says head of the land division at DALO, Colonel Thomas Øgendahl Knudsen. 

Andre Barthel, CEO RMMV : “With this agreement, we are proud to resume and continue our long-standing collaboration with our Danish customer. Since the early days of HX program, Denmark has been and continues to be a reliable partner and important member of the RMMV User nation Group. We look forward to further expanding this successful partnership in the coming years.”

About the HX2 
RMMV’s proven HX family is designed as a “military off-the-shelf” product for extreme robustness and reliability and has been tested for a service life of over 20 years. It is available in configurations ranging from 4×4 to 10×10. The HX family is one of the most widely used commercial vehicles for the military, government agencies, and organizations with security tasks.

Designed for military use, they are highly maneuverable and excel even in difficult terrain. The widespread use of the HX vehicle family worldwide offers significant advantages in terms of interoperability and logistics, particularly with regard to multinational operations.

Well over 20,000 units are in use worldwide, many of them in EU and NATO countries. In addition to Germany, current users include the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Hungary, Singapore, Slovenia, Denmark, and Ukraine.

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Aery Aviation Unveils the RAVEN Multi-Purpose Special Missions Platform: A New Era of Airborne ISR & Electronic Warfare

Thursday, November 27th, 2025

RAVEN™, the world’s only turnkey, fully reconfigurable Gulfstream-based ISR, SIGINT, ELINT, and Electronic Warfare (EW) training aircraft.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, UNITED STATES, November 24, 2025 — Aery AviationUnveils the RAVEN™ Multi-Purpose Special Missions Platform: A New Era of Airborne ISR & Electronic Warfare

Aery Aviation proudly announces the global debut of the RAVEN™ Multi-Purpose Special Missions PlatformTM, the world’s only turnkey, fully reconfigurable Gulfstream-based ISR, SIGINT, ELINT, and Electronic Warfare (EW) training aircraft. Purpose-built for today’s rapidly evolving threat environments, RAVEN delivers unmatched mission flexibility, long-range endurance, and full-spectrum electronic warfare capability for defense forces and government customers worldwide.

At its core, RAVEN combines the proven performance and reliability of the Gulfstream IVSP airframe with an advanced open-architecture mission suite engineered for rapid reconfiguration. Whether performing strategic ISR collection, RF environmental characterization, standoff jamming, or serving as a high-fidelity EW training surrogate, RAVEN brings a capability set previously unavailable on any single airborne platform.

The Gulfstream IVSP airframe provides long endurance of up to 12 hours and greater than 4,000 miles range, RAVEN offers global reach and persistent on-station endurance—delivering long-dwell ISR or extended EW training time without refueling or repositioning.

Full-Spectrum Electronic Warfare in a Single Platform

Built around a modular, open-architecture EW suite, RAVEN hosts:
• Software-defined radios with wideband record/playback
• Direction finding and geolocation capability
• High-gain steerable transmit antennas
• Frequency-agile threat analysis and radar pulse measurement
• Onboard PXI-based test and measurement instrumentation for real-time RF validation
• Supports a variety of customizable EW training payloads, including Stand Off Jamming, subject to U.S. export authorization.
This allows customers to train, test, evaluate, and validate hardware, software, and tactics—all in one aircraft.

Rapid Reconfiguration for Virtually Any Mission

The RAVEN platform is designed for accelerated mission adaptation, featuring:
• Wing hard points with integrated wiring, accepting most ISR or electronic POD’s up to 1,000 lbs. in total weight.
• Compatible with a variety of commercially available ISR radars, EO/IR sensors, and mission systems (all export controlled).
• Mission equipment racks and operator consoles, up to four customizable racks total
• High-speed optical networks and special-mission cooling equipment
• Wescam Electro Optical Infrared sensor system with BLOS encrypted real time data transfer
• Seamless integration support with Aery’s ODA, DER, and engineering teams and partners

From ISR to ELINT to C-UAS test work, the aircraft can be mission-ready in days, not months.

Turnkey Operations or Lease — COCO or GOCO – Domestic or OCONUS

Aery Aviation offers multiple procurement and operational models:
• Full Turnkey — Aery provides the aircraft, flight crew, EW/ISR operators, and dedicated maintenance personnel for all missions.
• Lease-to-Operate — End users may lease a fully configured RAVEN to execute missions independently.
• Hybrid Models — Tailored operational support and onboard training options.

One-of-a-Kind Capability — and Available Now

There is no other platform like RAVEN in the world. Aery currently has two RAVEN aircraft available, with a third in active development to meet global demand.

Aery Aviation Statement

“RAVEN represents a transformative leap for airborne ISR and electronic warfare training. No other commercial platform blends this level of endurance, altitude, payload flexibility, and EW fidelity into a single aircraft. The RAVEN is purpose-built for today’s threat environment—and tomorrow’s.” Aery is a full-service design, build, fly and sustain aircraft company based in Newport News, VA with key certifications such as DCMA 8210.1, FAA Part 135/145, ISO-9001/AS-9100, USTRANSCOM CARB approved operator and more. In addition, Aery employs over 100 dedicated experienced professionals with hundreds of collective years of military service.

RAVEN is designed to support a variety of ISR, EW training, and mission-systems payloads, depending on end-user requirements and U.S. export authorization. The platform accommodates multiple commercial and government-furnished systems while ensuring strict compliance with ITAR and EAR regulations. No controlled technical data is disclosed or implied in this release.

www.aeryaviation.com

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Terma Acquires OSL Technology – Powering a Market-Leading Counter-UAS and Critical-Infrastructure Protection Capability

Thursday, November 27th, 2025

Faster detection, smarter classification, and coordinated effective response – one comprehensive operational picture across sea, air, and land.

Lystrup, Denmark, 27th November 2025 – Terma A/S has completed the acquisition of OSL Technology (OSL), a UK-based leader in counter-drone security and safety systems. The acquisition marks a major step in Terma’s strategy to build market-leading capabilities in Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) and critical-infrastructure protection.

OSL is a UK-based counter-drone and intelligent security specialist with its roots in the civil airspace domain, helping major airports and national-infrastructure sites detect, track, and manage drones and other aerial threats in complex environments. Terma brings decades of experience from the defense and security domain, supplying radar and command-and-control solutions to navies, air-defense units, and critical infrastructure operators.

The combined team bridges civil and defense mindsets and practices into a single, end-to-end C-UAS solution that can detect, track, classify, decide, and respond to threats within seconds.

Together, Terma and OSL now combine defense-grade sensors, AI-driven analytics, and real-world operational expertise in an open, modular ecosystem. Integrating Terma’s situational-awareness heritage with OSL’s full-stack counter-drone suite provides continuous coverage and intelligent fusion across sea, air, and land – including third-party sensors and effectors – enabling one trusted operational picture that caters from the tactical to the strategic.

Henriette H. Thygesen, CEO, Terma, said, “OSL’s operational performance – from years of protecting critical infrastructure at Heathrow and other major sites – shows it delivers where it matters most. Paired with Terma’s multi-domain capacity, built on decades of delivering situational awareness and defense-grade command-and-control, and further informed by partnerships in Ukraine, we now offer one of the most comprehensive C-UAS suites on the market, helping to set a higher standard for protecting people, airspace, and critical infrastructure. This is not only about Denmark here and now; it delivers a strong, comprehensive C-UAS solution that can contribute to European flagship projects such as the proposed EU drone initiative.”

For airport authorities, critical-infrastructure operators, and defense customers, the combined offering provides one integrated C-UAS picture – with rapid deployment and immediate operational effect.

“Joining Terma is an extraordinary opportunity for OSL and our customers. Terma’s multi-domain expertise together with our C-UAS platform and agility create unmatched depth of capability – from sensor to decision to response. It means faster detection, smarter classification, and precisely coordinated action. It’s the perfect combination of innovation and assurance”, said Mark Legh-Smith, CEO, OSL.

Terma and OSL will serve customers worldwide in C-UAS and critical-infrastructure protection, leveraging OSL’s operational excellence and Terma’s technology base and global reach to deliver fast, reliable, and scalable solutions across civilian and defense sectors.

MW&L Capital Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor and Kromann Reumert, Addleshaw Goddard and Deloitte acted as legal- and tax-advisors to Terma.

Cavendish acted as exclusive financial advisor to OSL with Bird & Bird acting as legal advisor.

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Blue Force Gear Enforces Its Trademark Rights

Wednesday, November 26th, 2025

Pooler, GA – November 26, 2025

BLUE FORCE GEAR, INC., an industry leading manufacturer of innovative tactical gear, equipment, and accessories, has asserted its trademark rights and reached a settlement with Flatline Fiber Co., LLC, Chad Smith, Kinetic Consulting, L.L.C., and Jon Dufresne-Yidi, in the case of Blue Force Gear, Inc. v. Flatline Fiber Co. et. al. (Case No. 4:25-cv-00095-LGW-BWC). BLUE FORCE GEAR is the owner of numerous domestic and international trademarks, including its widely-recognized, distinctive, non-functional and unique cross x trademark, which is used in connection with a variety of products, including the TRAUMA KIT NOW!®, MICRO TRAUMA KIT NOW!™, and the HAMMOCK®.

The parties have come to an amicable resolution and BFG has agreed to dismiss the lawsuit against all parties.  The specific terms of the settlement agreement have not been disclosed.

BLUE FORCE GEAR is committed to protecting its intellectual property, including its trademarks patents and copyrights, and to ensure that consumers are able to purchase high-quality BLUE FORCE GEAR products.  Blue Force Gear’s General Counsel, Justin Charles Ward, stated: “Protecting Blue Force Gear’s intellectual property and its’ innovative products is our utmost priority in protecting our consumers”.

For more information about Blue Force Gear or any of their product offerings, visit their website: www.blueforcegear.com

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