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XTech Tactical Releases Generation 2 of MAG47, MAG47 Mil, & MAG47 10/30

Tuesday, March 8th, 2022

Chandler, AZ

For Immediate Release:

XTech Tactical is excited to announce the release of its second generation of the complete line of their MAG47 AK47 magazines. The MAG47’s first generation has been established as the leading US made magazine, and the second generation of the line raises the bar even higher!

The improvements include:
– An improved tread pattern for enhanced grip
– Overall thinner profile and reduced waffle pattern height
– Modified follower for increased overall compatibility with all AK style variants

The line up includes:
– MAG47 featuring lifetime warranty and stainless-steel reinforced lugs and feedlips
– MAG47mil featuring the MAG47 with an added solid machined steel rear lug
– MAG47 10/30 aka “Commuformia Special” field strippable 10rd magazine for restricted states

ALL ARE NOW SHIPPING

www.xtechtactical.com/product/mag47-30-round-ak-magazine

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TEKEVER AR5 Successfully Integrates Overwatch Imaging’s PT-8 Oceanwatch Payload

Monday, March 7th, 2022

World Defense Show, March, 7th 2022 – TEKEVER, the European leader in Maritime Surveillance, and US-based Overwatch Imaging, a leader in airborne imaging systems for both piloted aircraft and drones, have successfully integrated the PT-8 Oceanwatch payload on the TEKEVER AR5 UAV, adding 360º automatic small target detection capabilities to the system. The news was announced in Riyadh, during the World Defense Show.

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“The Overwatch Imaging payload enhances the situational awareness capabilities of the TEKEVER AR5, namely for 360º automatic detection of small targets. Like a radar, the sensor automatically detects targets, and allows the operator to recognize and validate the information. Because it’s based on visual data, the PT-8 Oceanwatch allows us to consider very significant information for automatic classification, such as the color of the targets. We believe it will greatly help us improve mission effectiveness”, said Tiago Nunes, TEKEVER’s Director of Products.

“The TEKEVER AR5 UAV is a very capable system with a large payload capacity and multiple state-of-the-art sensors operating simultaneously,” said Greg Davis, CEO of Overwatch Imaging. “Our PT-8 Oceanwatch enhances the system capabilities with AI software, creating an even more powerful maritime patrol UAS.”

The AR5 is a Medium-Altitude/Medium-Endurance, Fixed Wing UAS designed for missions such as land and maritime surveillance, extended patrols, and search & rescue. It is capable of BRLOS (beyond radio line of sight) by way of satellite communications. The AR5 offers superior performance with reduced operating costs, using a satcom terminal and multiple sensors that operate simultaneously.

The Overwatch Imaging PT-8 Oceanwatch is a passive image-based radar system that enables much faster search for small or long-range maritime objects compared to traditional maritime patrol systems that use video or human-based search alone. Oceanwatch combines multiple high-resolution cameras and AI-enabled processing at the edge to automatically identify objects in water during the day and at night.

www.tekever.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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FN Announces Free FN 509 Magazines Promotion

Friday, March 4th, 2022

(McLean, VA – March 4, 2022) FN America, LLC is pleased to announce the FN 509® Free Magazines Promotion for all FN 509 models, valid on purchases made between March 1, 2022 and April 30, 2022. Consumers who purchase a new FN 509 are eligible to receive either two or three magazines through this offer depending on the model.

Qualifying purchases of any new FN 509 Standard or MRD model are eligible to redeem for two 24- or 10-round magazines; purchases of new FN 509 Tactical models are eligible to redeem for three 24- or 10-round magazines; and purchases of any new FN 509 LS EDGE™ are eligible to redeem for three 17- or three 10-round FN 509 LS EDGE magazines.

To review the program’s full terms and conditions, eligible models list or to redeem purchases for this offer, please visit www.fnamerica.com/promotions. To learn more about the FN 509 series of pistols, please visit fnamerica.com.

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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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Tulster’s New Holster Is Changing People’s Minds About OWB Carry

Thursday, March 3rd, 2022

The Tulster Contour has just been expanding to include both right and left handed orientations, and people love it.

Jenks, OK – Tulster recently introduced an innovative new holster. With it, they showed many skeptical people that OWB, or Outside-the-Waistband carry does not have to mean “Open Carry”. The Tulster Contour, made this clear with it’s ultra-concealable, incredibly comfortable design. One customer said “I thought an OWB setup would print much more than an IWB setup, but I was wrong! Printing (or lack thereof) is very minimal.”

This ultra-concealability was achieved with “molded-in” asymmetrical wings of the Contour’s kydex shell that angle the firearm’s grip towards the body, eliminating visible print. It functions similarly to a wing or claw, but requires none of the extra clunky hardware or hassle of installation. Multiple reviews call out how the Contour is “comfortable and conceals the gun snug against the body.”

Quickly after launch, Tulster rolled out each model of the Contour to include left handed variants, making this their third holster series to be available for left and right handed shooters. All future models released for the Contour will launch in both orientations.

Tulster’s flagship product for many years was an Inside-the-Waistband holster, the Profile Holster. The focus being simplicity and maintaining the profile of the firearm, the Profile has remained the go-to choice for many seeking a simple and comfortable IWB solution. Quickly, it became evident that many people who wish to carry concealed have been unable to find any IWB solutions that work for them. Sometimes this is merely due to personal preference, but for some, their body type or certain disabilities may prevent them from comfortably carrying inside their pantline. Hence, the Contour, with the concealability of Inside-the-Waistband with the added comfort of an Outside-the-Waistband holster, making the Contour the perfect fit for those who have been searching for the perfect concealed carry solution.

There are more innovations aside from the level of concealment that can be achieved with an OWB holster. The Contour also features the innovative R.A.S., or, Retention Adjustment Slot. Unlike other adjustable retention holsters that need to be occasionally re-tightened, the Contour’s R.A.S. delivers peace of mind, and maximum security with a clever and incredibly effective system. With the R.A.S, the retention tag can be vertically adjusted and fully tightened to allow for on-the-fly retention adjustment while offering a rock-solid fit. Like all other Tulster holsters, it features a trigger-guard based retention system with the same positive click.

Some of the other features of the Contour are present in all other Tulster holsters, like the raised sight channel for aftermarket sights, and an open ended muzzle for threaded barrels to pass-through. It is Optic-Ready, just like Tulster’s previous IWB offering, the OATH. The Contour features custom, ultra-secure stainless steel hardware, patched, self locking screws, and belt loops that can be easily adjusted to customize your cant and ride height. The belt loops that the Contour arrives with will fit any belt from 1.5 inches to 2 inches.

The Contour is unobtrusive, easy to access, and provides the most comfortable and concealable OWB carry experience on the market. It is currently available for 12 firearm models, such as incredibly popular microcompacts like the Glock 43X MOS, the Sig Sauer P365 and P365XL, the Springfield Hellcat, and the Shield Plus. Since it is OWB, it also accommodates some larger firearms, like the Glock 19, Glock 17, the M&P 2.0 4/4.25”, and the P320 X-Full.

The Contour launched in black and black carbon fiber, as well as a new, highly requested color offering for Tulster, Black Multicam. Black Multicam has also been rolled out for their other IWB Holster, the OATH. For those who wish to carry a matching magazine carrier, Tulster has rolled out the Black Multicam color for all of their innovative universal carriers, the Echo series.

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Cyberlux BrightEye System

Thursday, March 3rd, 2022

The BrightEye System by Cyberlux is the Primary Tactical Maintenance & Emergency Lighting System for Army National Guard Aviation and has been used extensively CONUS/OCONUS for readiness, disaster and combat sustainment operations. The National Guard Bureau chose the BrightEye System and it has been distributed via the four Theatre Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Groups (TASMG) to multiple units assigned to the 52 States and Territories within the Army National Guard.