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Shoot Like A Girl Announces New Partnership with Vortex Optics

Tuesday, April 12th, 2022

ATHENS, Ala. – April 11, 2022 – Shoot Like A Girl® is proud to introduce their new sponsor, Vortex Optics, for the Sea to Shining Sea Tour and the 2022 Season. Vortex Optics, an American-owned, veteran-owned, family-owned and operated business ensures the consumer receives the finest optics, accessories and apparel based on need.

“Vortex Optics is an all-encompassing business that demonstrates our values and mission at Shoot Like A Girl,” said Karen Butler, Founder and President of Shoot Like A Girl. “I am thrilled that our guests will get introduced to Vortex Optics’ wide array of products available at Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s. These products will enhance our guests ability to enjoy the great outdoors.”

Shoot Like A Girl strives to empower women through shooting sports demonstrations and events while opening a discussion surrounding sports and outdoors. Through partnerships like those with Vortex Optics, they’re able to bring their state-of-the-art mobile gun range and certified female instructors to cities across the country to share their extensive knowledge of firearms, archery, outdoor accessories and safety with guests and attendees who are never charged. Those present are given one-on-one attention from passionate experts in the shooting sports field.

“Vortex® is proud to work with Shoot Like a Girl and help support all the great work they’re doing to get new folks interested in hunting and shooting,” said Vortex® CEO Joe Hamilton. “Getting a hands-on experience is an incredibly important piece of the puzzle to create more hunters and shooters, and unfortunately many people never get this opportunity. Vortex® is committed to acting as a resource to help educate and inspire everyone to live a life outdoors, whether it’s their first time holding a handgun, or their 100th time out in the woods.”

To learn more about Vortex Optics, visit their website. During the Shoot Like A Girl Sea to Shining Sea Tour, Vortex products will be showcased at the mobile range for the public to view, experience and learn more about. The Home of the Brave Tour dates are available online.

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Raul Rikk to Join Milrem Robotics as Science and Development Director

Tuesday, April 12th, 2022

Estonia’s National Cyber Security Director Raul Rikk will join Europe’s leading developer of robotics and autonomous systems Milrem Robotics as the Science and Development Director.

Raul Rikk is the founder and developer of several international and domestic organizations, including NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) and the National Cyber Security Department at the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications.

He has extensive experience in leadership, management, coordination and teamwork at various levels of management and in various projects. Raul also has extensive international work experience in many different countries and international projects.

“Milrem Robotics is currently involved in the evaluation and concept development of robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) in 14 countries. The next step of these evaluations is the implementation of RAS on a larger scale and a crucial factor in this is cyber security. Especially for military applications. Raul’s role will be improving the usability of robotics enabling them to be applied on a larger scale and thus increasing the defence capabilities of our client countries,” said Kuldar Väärsi, CEO of Milrem Robotics.

“Raul’s long-term background in the field of cyber defence, combined with his international experience and Defence Forces background, makes him a very strong addition to Milrem’s team in tackling these challenges,” he added.

“I am delighted to join Milrem Robotics, the defence industry’s flagship of innovation and robotics. The current security situation has made strengthening national defences even more important than before, and in this context the development of defence technologies is a key element,” Rikk said.

“In the coming years, I would like to focus on perfecting Milrem Robotics’ products and services to a level expected by NATO and partner countries,” he added.

Milrem Robotics’ current S&D Director prof. Mart Noorma will depart the company end of May 2022.

“For the last five years Mart has been focused on building our strategic development competences. Thanks to him we now have one of the world’s leading teams engaged in offroad autonomy and for that he has my gratitude,” said Kuldar Väärsi.

Raul Rikk will join Milrem Robotics’ team in June 2022.

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T&T Materials Inc. and SupplyCore Inc. Partner to Support Defense Logistics Agency’s Metals TLS Contract

Tuesday, April 12th, 2022

The two small businesses are working together to provide metal products and other industrial items to the U.S. military

Rockford, IL — T&T Materials, Inc., a materials distributor, and SupplyCore Inc., a supply chain integrator and federal defense contractor, have partnered together to supply critical metal products and other industrial items to authorized customers in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. This partnership began in 2020 and has since strengthened when last year SupplyCore was awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a maximum $900,000,000.00 indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract for Metals Tailored Logistics Support (TLS).

As the subcontracted metals partner to SupplyCore, T&T brings its deep domain knowledge in the metals sector to the partnership and assists SupplyCore with sourcing various types of metal products, including but not limited to: aluminum, stainless steel, carbon steel, copper, brass, and other industrial items. The Metals TLS contract award is a two (2) year base contract with two (2) eighteen-month option periods. Additionally, this contract is a multiple award contract, and all requirements are competed amongst three companies.

“This type of work is exactly what we’ve done for many years,” said Jim Terhune, Sr., T&T’s President & CEO. “We know how to do this, and we’re proud, as a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, to have the opportunity to support our troops through this DLA contract.”

T&T’s agility as a small business has served the company well as it has continued to grow with just under twenty employees. This spring, T&T’s sister company, T&T Legacy Metals, is planning to build a new 10,000-square-foot facility to house about 500,000 pounds of steel—five times as much as the current facility holds—and add five more employees. Like T&T Materials, T&T Legacy is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB). Additionally, T&T Materials is a Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concern (SBC), a Small Business Administration designation that favors historically underutilized businesses.

“Our Partnership brings our respective organizational strengths together to produce an optimal customer-focused supply chain for military installations that require timely support at a very competitive price,” said Peter Provenzano, SupplyCore’s President & CEO.

As a Metals TLS contractor, SupplyCore provides customers with robust procurement services, automated vendor RFQs for products and logistics, total asset visibility, 24-hour customer service, and order tracking from initial quote to delivery.?For more information about SupplyCore and the DLA Metals TLS Program, please visit www.supplycore.com. For more information about T&T, please visit www.tandt-materials.com.

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British Army to Get Another 100 Boxer Wheeled Armoured Vehicles

Monday, April 11th, 2022

The Boxer success story continues. The British government, represented by the European procurement organization OCCAR, and ARTEC, a consortium of Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), have signed a contract extension to supply the British Army with an additional 100 Boxer wheeled armoured vehicles. The contract encompasses three previously ordered variants of the Boxer: the infantry carrier, the command vehicle and the field ambulance.

In issuing the order, the United Kingdom is exercising an option contained in the contract signed in 2019 for the Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) procurement project, which includes 523 Boxer wheeled armoured vehicles in several variants.

ARTEC will be supplying the vehicles to the UK via OCCAR, the intergovernmental Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation. The bulk of Boxer production will take place in Britain. Series production is currently getting underway in Germany, after which most of the Boxer vehicles already ordered will be produced in British factories of Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land and KMW subsidiary WFEL.

The additional vehicles just ordered will also be produced in both the UK and Germany. Here, the partners will be drawing on the knowledge and components of the established and expanding British supply chain, which already forms the basis of the first lot of 523 vehicles.

A modular vehicle – versatile and battle-tested
The Boxer is a highly protected 8×8 wheeled armoured vehicle. Its modular architecture enables a greater number of variants than any other vehicle system.

To date, some 1,500 vehicles in twenty different versions have been ordered by Australia and four NATO countries: Germany, the Netherlands, Lithuania and the United Kingdom. Australia, a close partner of NATO, has already taken delivery of a first shipment of 25 Boxer vehicles.

Founded in 1999, ARTEC GmbH is a joint venture of Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG, Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH and Rheinmetall Defence Nederland B.V. The company coordinates series production and serves as the point of contact for export enquiries for the Boxer.

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TacJobs – U.S. Navy Offering $25,000 Enlistment Bonus to ALL New Enlistees

Monday, April 11th, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 11, 2022 – The United States Navy Recruiting Command is offering an enlistment bonus of $25,000 to anyone who enlists Active Duty. The Navy is the only U.S. military branch currently offering this high of an enlistment bonus for any new enlistee. Depending on an enlistee’s rating, the enlistment bonus could be as high as $50,000.

Those who take advantage of the Navy’s new bonus program will be required to ship to Basic Training at Great Lakes, IL, between April-June, 2022.

The $25,000 bonus also applies to Active-Duty enlistees scheduled to ship to Basic Training in July-September, who are willing to roll into the shipping months of April-June. In addition, Prior Service Members, either Navy or other services, re-enlisting onto Active Duty in pay grade E-4 or below, and who meet specific bonus eligibility and have not received a bonus in their first enlistment, also qualify for the $25,000 bonus.

To learn more about the range of bonuses and benefits the U.S. Navy offers, please visit www.navy.com/joining-the-navy/enlistment-bonuses

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Aimpoint Duty RDS Now Available to Commercial Market

Monday, April 11th, 2022

Manassas, Virginia – Aimpoint, the leading manufacturer and innovator in red dot sighting technology is pleased to continue the product release of the revolutionary Aimpoint® Duty RDS™ sight – now available to all markets through authorized Aimpoint dealers and at aimpoint.us. Built to meet the demands of today’s law enforcement agencies, this high-grade reflex optic offers Aimpoint premium product quality in a compact package at a budget friendly price point.

With an exclusive law enforcement launch in January of 2022, the optic has quickly set a new standard in its category with proven performance. Packed full of new features, this completely new design from Aimpoint does not compromise on trusted legendary quality while achieving affordability.

The Duty RDS™ offers a bright, crisp 2 MOA dot that’s ideal for short to medium range target engagements and is powered by a single CR2032 battery with ACET technology providing over 3 years of constant-on use at daylight position 7 and even longer on the night vision compatible settings.

For over 45 years, Aimpoint has been the trusted choice of military and law enforcement end users worldwide. We maintain this position by listening to the needs of these end users and creating products that can be trusted to perform under the most demanding conditions imaginable. Aimpoint is proud to stand with the men and women who serve and protect our communities.

For more information on the Duty RDS optic or any other Aimpoint products, visit the company’s webpage and webstore at: www.aimpoint.us

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Primary Weapons Systems Acquired By Vigilant Gear Holdings

Monday, April 11th, 2022

Vigilant Gear Holdings has completed the acquisition of Primary Weapons Systems.

Vigilant Gear Holdings, based out of Georgia, in 2019 purchased Lone Wolf Distributors, now Lone Wolf Arms, located in Priest River, ID. While both Primary Weapons Systems and Lone Wolf Arms are in Idaho, they will be run independently as separate entities.

Primary Weapons Systems (PWS), the largest firearms manufacturer in Idaho, has been headquartered in Boise since it was founded in 2008. Dean Sylvester, founder, PWS said, “I am very happy with the acquisition. The values of PWS have always been innovation, quality and customer service. These values will continue to define PWS as it grows, and I feel confident that Vigilant Gear Holdings will only grow these values and expand the reach of the PWS brand.”

Vigilant Gear Holdings has invested capital into Primary Weapons Systems by purchasing a titanium and stainless-steel 3D printer and a barrel blank manufacturing machine, furthering the ability of PWS to manufacture more than 90 percent of components in-house.

CEO Nate Treadaway said, “PWS is known as an evolutionary design and manufacturing company. Our goal is to continue pushing the envelope while keeping the core values of PWS. We have a variety of exciting new products releasing this year, and we are excited to branch out to different sectors in the firearms market.”

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Shoot Like A Girl Announces New Partnership with Taurus

Sunday, April 10th, 2022

ATHENS, Ala. – April 5, 2022 – Shoot Like A Girl® is excited to announce their new partnership with Taurus for the Sea to Shining Sea Tour and the 2022 Season. Manufacturing an array of products from single action revolvers to long guns, Taurus has an offering for everyone interested in purchasing a firearm.

“The partnership with Taurus is an exciting addition to the products we can offer our attendees and guests,” said Karen Butler, Founder and President of Shoot Like A Girl. “They’re a reputable manufacturer with products in all areas, and we feel confident when displaying their firearms to our guests that they’re some of the best on the market.”

Shoot Like A Girl strives to empower women through shooting sports demonstrations and events while opening a discussion surrounding sports and outdoors. Through partnerships like those with Taurus, they’re able to bring their state-of-the-art mobile gun range and certified female instructors to cities across the country to share their extensive knowledge of firearms, archery, outdoor accessories and safety with guests and attendees who are never charged. Those present are given one-on-one attention from passionate experts in the shooting sports field.

“I want everyone to be able to own a firearm and to participate in the shooting and hunting lifestyle,” said Cody Osborn, Marketing Director for Taurus Manufacturing. “With that goal in mind, I look forward to helping guide these brands to establish a more personal interaction with their enthusiasts and to introducing everyone interested in firearms to the potential these brands can offer.”

To learn more about Taurus, visit their website. During the Shoot Like A Girl Sea to Shining Sea Tour, Taurus products will be showcased at the mobile range for the public to view, experience and learn more about. The Home of the Brave Tour dates are available online.

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