




See you there!


We’re just a couple of weeks out from the annual Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, Florida. One again, there will be a SOF SELECT: SOFIC Operator Pavilion, held in the Oasis Ballroom of the Westin Waterside Tampa, right across the bridge from the convention center.
Hours:
Tuesday, May 21, 2018
9am – 6pm
Wednesday, May 22, 2018
9am – 5pm
Thursday, May 23, 2018
9am – 1pm
SOF SELECT is presented by Cove Event Management.
You may recall the IMR-Blue concept photo in the recent story about Air Force Small Arms modernization.
While not exactly the clearest of photos, you can discern that the rail isn’t something we’ve seen before. Turns out it’s a new DD rail variant, designed specifically to inform a sources sought inquiry by a Marine Corps Element. They required fixed Picatnny rail at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock st the business end, along with M-Lok along the rest of the rail.
Internally, DD is calling it RIS III Red. It’s their first hybrid rail. It uses the same six bolt attachment as the RIS II, which the Army’s SEP program determined as best in categories of durability and reliability during a recent test of Free Float Rails for the M4 carbine.
Unobtanium from Daniel Defense.