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Achieve Precision Long-Range Accuracy with WATCHTOWER Firearm’s Type 10 SPEC OPS Rifle

Wednesday, February 14th, 2024

SPRING, TX (Feb. 13, 2024) — WATCHTOWER Firearms, a veteran-owned firearm manufacturing company that’s redefining the firearms landscape through innovation, precision, and customer satisfaction, is now offering its best-in-class Type 10 SPEC OPS rifle at a new, lower price.

The Type 10 is a WATCHTOWER Firearms SPEC OPS platform for long-range precision shooting. The Type 10 is based on the DPMS high-profile pattern and manufactured from high-grade 7075-T6511 billet aluminum. WATCHTOWER has upgraded the fire control group by incorporating Hiperfire’s EDT2 Heavy Gunner trigger — a single-stage semi-auto LE/SWAT AR upgrade. The TYPE 10 includes WATCHTOWER’s Tru-Black PVD coated 7.62x51mm NATO MPI-tested Durabolt BCG — our most robust, durable, and easy-to-clean coating. The barrel is a stainless steel 18-inch .308 Win. with 1:8 rifling featuring a mid-length gas system finished in a black nitride coating. Surrounding the barrel is the 15-inch S7M free-floating handguard with M-LOK attachment slots at five positions, 4 QD points, and a full-length 1913 Picatinny rail. WATCHTOWER’s Dragon Slay-AR compensating muzzle brake is incorporated at the end of the barrel, a device to mitigate recoil, finished in a Tru-black PVD coating. This rifle also comes with B5 Systems reinforced polymer pistol grip and buttstock.

Initially carrying an MSRP of $1,649.99, it is now available for $1,402.49 – a 15 percent savings.

“Our SPEC OPS platforms are built to give shooters precision accuracy in an MSR-designed firearm that is as reliable as the sunrise,” said WATCHTOWER CEO Jason Colosky, a former Recon Marine serving throughout Southwest Asia and Southeast Africa. “The Type 10 is chambered in .308 Win and will serve long-range shooters competing at a high level, law enforcement personnel, and even hunters, over decades of use in all climatic conditions.”

WATCHTOWER Firearms proudly manufactures its innovative line of precision firearms solely in America. The company offers a lifetime manufacturer product warranty on all firearms to protect our customers against any manufacturing defects. If your firearm does have evidence of such defects, WATCHTOWER Firearms will accommodate fixing, repairing, or replacing your product.

To learn more about WATCHTOWER and the company’s unique vision for the firearms industry, visit www.watchtowerfirearms.com

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SOFWERX – SBIR 24.4 Release 4 Pre-Release – Advanced Manufacturing for Common Launch Container

Monday, February 12th, 2024

The USSOCOM Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program will soon be accepting for SOCOM244-005: Advanced Manufacturing for Common Launch Container. For a full description click here.

On 20 February, SOFWERX will host a virtual Q&A session for the area of interest.

Submissions Open 21 February 2024 12:00 PM ET (Noon).

To register for the Q&A, visit events.sofwerx.org/sbir24-4r4.

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Next Generation Squad Weapons Undergo Arctic Testing

Saturday, February 10th, 2024

Soldiers from 1st Squadron – Airborne, 40th Cavalry Regiment, based out of Alaska, are supporting Project Manager Soldier Lethality with cold weather testing of the Next Generation Squad Weapons. Extreme environmental testing is critical to ensuring reliable systems. In addition to Arctic testing, the weapons, ammo, and fire controls will be subjected to jungle and hot weather testing.

Col. Jason Bohannon, PM SL, visited the testing site and shared his thoughts: “The Arctic environment is extreme and unforgiving to both the Soldiers and weapons. Our intent is for the weapons to perform in conditional ranges that exceed those which Soldiers would have to endure. I have been impressed with both Soldiers and weapon performance.”

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Ohio Ordnance Works – REAPR Sliding Feed Tray

Thursday, February 1st, 2024

One of the many patented features of OOW’s new 338 Norma Mag lightweight medium machine gun, the Recoil Enhanced Automatic Rifle (REAPR) is the sliding feed tray and cover.

Naturally, I was intrigued by this innovation and asked to take a closer look.

The feed tray and cover slide sideways and can be accessed allowing the use of longer optics.

www.oowinc.com

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Meet The Geissele Fighting Weapon

Tuesday, January 30th, 2024

One of the many cool firearms behind the closed doors in the Geissele Automatics booth at SHOT was the Geissele Fighting Weapon or GFW.

Although this example is chambered for 5.56 NATO, a 300 BLK version is also available. It fires at 800-850 RPM suppressed and 700 rpm unsuppressed.

Two things stand out with this gun. First, the two stage stock which offers a full length cheekweld and does not impinge on the controls when fully collapsed.

Second, despite its 8″ barrel, it requires no booster like a Krinkov.

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Starting gun sounds for Germany’s advanced short- and very short-range air defence system – development contract awarded

Friday, January 26th, 2024

Germany’s military procurement agency, the Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), signed a development contract today with the Short- and Very Short-Range Air Defence System Consortium (ARGE NNbS) for the “Air Defence System, Short- and Very Short-Range”, or LVS NNbS. Set up in 2021, ARGE NNbS has three member companies: Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH of Bremen, Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG of Überlingen, and Hensoldt Sensors GmbH of Taufkirchen. The contract is worth around €1.2 billion (including VAT), with Rheinmetall accounting for €607 million, Diehl for €339 million, and Hensoldt for €284 million, reflecting their respective workshares.

Making sure that Germany lives up to its role as NATO’s lead nation in ground-based air defence and the European Sky Shield Initiative, the introduction of the LVS NNbS is a decisive step, closing one of the Bundeswehr’s significant capability gaps.

The core objective of the LVS NNbS development project is to optimize medium-range air defence as well as developing high-mobility air defence capabilities for protecting manoeuvre forces from aerial threats – even when on the move.
Key objectives include achieving the necessary networking of individual components; integration of the medium-range IRIS T-SLM guided missile; assuring interoperability; and extending the intercept zone to include short-range threats.

Networking will enable connection to the IRIS T-SLM fire units currently under procurement as well as to the Skyranger 30 ground-based mobile air defence system, to be procured in future.
The project is in the hands of the German defence industry; ARGE NNbS is the German government’s contract partner.

By bundling complementary core capabilities – including those of other German defence contractors – ARGE NNbS brings together the foundational knowledge, capabilities and expertise needed to meet the requirements. In the process, key technologies will stay in Germany, where they will be preserved and perfected.

Rheinmetall and its Electronic Solutions and Vehicle Solutions divisions bring technological know-how and longstanding experience in the development and delivery of defence systems, especially in combat vehicles, communications and systems integration.

Diehl Defence specializes in developing and fabricating guided missiles. Thanks to its advanced system solutions for ground-based air defence, it is established force in the international market.

A supplier of key national technologies, Hensoldt brings to the working group its expertise and tried-and tested products such as radar systems. These products feature comprehensive commonalities based in part on product family concepts, primarily in airspace surveillance, classification and identification.

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Vigilant Security Services VSS-103 Assigned National Stock Number

Thursday, January 25th, 2024

The VSS-103 Specialized Rifle System from Vigilant Security Services has been awarded National Stock Number 1005-01-D17-6268. Chambered in 7.62 x 39, this AK-pattern rifle features a 16.5” hammer forged barrel from FN which averaged sub 3 MOA during testing at the Army Research Labs. In addition to being equipped with a direct thread suppressor, the VSS-103 also has the following features:

– Enhanced AK Trigger
– Free-Float M-Lok Handguard
– Integrated Red-Dot Sight Mount
– Side-Folding Stock
– Compatible with all Magazines

VSS Founder and CEO Erik Lawrence stated, “We built a rifle to an exacting requirement and are proud to be awarded this National Stock Number after a vigorous series of government testing.”

www.vig-sec.com

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SOFWERX – Handheld Kinetic Defeat of UAS

Wednesday, January 24th, 2024

The USSOCOM Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program will soon be accepting submissions Handheld Kinetic Defeat of UAS. Submissions Open 31 January 2024.

The objective of this topic is to develop a handheld defeat capability to defeat Unmanned/Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS). Low size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) solutions that can kinetically defeat Group 1-3 UAS (DoD defined) are desired. Defeat range is important, but reliability and a high probability of kill (Pk) are higher priority.

Visit events.sofwerx.org/sbir24-4r3 for details.

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