Centralia, WA: ZEV Technologies today announced its Chief Executive Officer Matt Ridenour will be leaving the company to become a partner in the investment banking firm, Ascendant Advisory Group. He will maintain his seat on the Board of Directors and remain involved in advising the company. The Board has appointed Chief Operating Officer Mike Hefner to the role of President, where he will continue to lead the ZEV team and oversee operations while adding responsibility for ZEV’s strategy and direction.
“We are grateful for Matt’s leadership over the past six years and feel that he has put us on a strong path for continued future growth,” said Alec Wolf, ZEV’s founder and Chief Technology Officer.
Ridenour commented, “ZEV has put in place an amazing leadership team that is firing on all cylinders. The timing felt right for me to transition the daily leadership of the company. As a continuing shareholder of ZEV, I have great confidence in the team’s ability to continue ZEV’s trajectory.”
“We appreciate Matt’s leadership through this transition, and his ongoing guidance will be an asset to the Board of Directors. We have been very impressed with how effective Mike Hefner has been within the organization thus far and are confident in his abilities and excited to have him continue to drive the business forward,” said Board member Steve Reich.
Since joining ZEV in 2014, Hefner has been instrumental in all aspects of the business and spearheaded the integration of MEGA Arms and relocation of ZEV’s headquarters from Oxnard, CA, to Centralia, WA. Before ZEV, Hefner spent 24 years with the United States Army Special Operations Command, retiring as a Sergeant Major. Most of his career was as an Operator in a TIER 1 unit; his last five years of service were in weapons RDT&E and Acquisitions.
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Romney, WV, (April 15, 2021) – Max Velocity Tactical’s HEAT Reconnaissance Class will be held 20-23 May at the Velocity Training Center in Romney, WV. There are still spaces available for this class, so don’t delay reserving your spot if you’re interested in learning about reconnaissance and planning.
HEAT Reconnaissance is a four-day class focusing in detail on the planning and conduct of the reconnaissance patrol. This class is heavily influenced by the Long Range Surveillance (LRS) background of the Chief Instructor, Scott.
This is a Force-on-Force class (no live fire) and there is no training prerequisite. Patrols will face the real possibility of enemy contact and subsequent Immediate Action (IA) drills.
Cost: $800, Optional AirSim Rental (bring your own gas blowback rifle if you have it): $100.
Max Velocity Tactical specializes in teaching combat-proven, light infantry tactics, techniques and procedures adapted for the responsible, law-abiding citizen. The training curriculum is informed by a background and experience in SOF / elite forces and close protection / paramilitary contracting work. MVT classes are the real deal, and the tactics, techniques and procedures are familiar to any graduate of Ranger School or SFQC. Tactical classes are not simply a regurgitation of basic military manuals or training but are based on real world operational experience in hostile / combat environments.
Please check the Training Calendar here to see all currently scheduled Max Velocity Tactical classes.
HOUSTON – April 15, 2021 – Comp-Tac® recently added new Ruger® MAX-9™ fits for the Sport-TAC™, Infidel Max™ and Warrior™ holsters.
These holsters give Comp-Tac customers choices in both inside-the-waistband (IWB) wear, hybrid holster (foam backing and Kydex® shell) or all-Kydex wear, and outside-the-waistband (OWB) wear.
“As new weapons come out, Comp-Tac strives to expand their holster selection to match,” said Gordon Carrell, Comp-Tac general manager. “The Ruger MAX-9 is the latest weapon released that is built to accommodate a micro red-dot sight. As we design and release new holsters, we make sure to accommodate the newest features. All the holsters for the MAX-9 come with optics compatibility. For concealed carry, range use or even competition, we want our holsters to work with the most popular gear that is available.”
The Sport-TAC Holster is a hybrid, inside-the-waistband holster designed to comfortably carry a 4” handgun at the 4-5 o’clock position. The Sport-TAC features a 600D interlock padded backing that provides cushion and flexibility for extreme comfort, while the Kydex shell holds your handgun securely with adjustable retention.
The Infidel Max Holster is an all-Kydex IWB holster designed to be worn behind the hip at the 4 o’clock or 5 o’clock positions. With an easy-on, easy-off single clip, this holster is a favorite for users who want the ability to put on their gun or take it off as their environment changes.
The Warrior Holster is an outside-the-waistband holster that was recently tested and recommended by the National Training Officers Association (NTOA). The all-Kydex, pancake design is excellent for concealed carry or general range use.
All holsters can be seen at www.comp-tac.com. To see all holsters available for each make and model, use the “shop by gun” feature at the top of the website.
Southern Pines, NC – April 7, 2021. The program office for the US Air Force recently announced the Approved Safe to Fly items for the specific fabrics and garments identified for the updated USAF No Melt No Drip and FR Underlayer Product List. Selected products on this list have a 3-year certification period.
The fabrics and garments manufactured by your XGO, have been certified as Flame Resistant (FR) products which meet the FR test including No Melt No Drip (NMND) requirements. These certified fabrics and garments are for use as under layers to wear with AF FR Uniforms.
Approved Items list to include:
These certifications constitutes XGO’s guarantee to USAF customers that our quality process will ensure the product will repeatedly pass ASTM D 6413 Vertical flame Test with NMND requirement, meet Berry Amendment compliance, and other program specific requirements.
Products can be purchased either directly from XGO at www.proxgo.com/collections/airforce-air-national-guard-profession or through one of our dealer or distribution partners. Additionally, the products are found at Equipment Base Supply Centers supply shops, AAFES, and through DLA.
The ROMEO4 is a 1×20 closed red dot sight designed for fast, accurate target acquisition regardless of lighting conditions, weather or terrain. It is available with 1 or 2 MOA dots and the various reticle patterns can be seen in the graphic above (Dot, Circle-Dot, Dot with Holds, Circle-Dot with Holds). The ROMEO4H is a bit different with a 2 MOA Green Horseshoe reticle.
Additionally, the ROMEO4 is the FBI general issue optic for patrol carbines and they also serve various other government and law enforcement agencies around the world. In fact, it was quite a shocker in 2019 to see an SAS operator responding to a terrorist attack in Nairobi, Kenya outfitted with a ROMEO4. However, SIG has not acknowledged any military sales of the ROMEO4 series.
Battery life is an impressive 100,000+ hours for the ROMEO4S & T thanks to the CR2032 battery combined with a solar panel. The ROMEO4H offers 50,000 hours, but there is no solar panel.
There are 12 illumination settings for the ROMEO4T (10 daytime/2 NV). Additionally, the ROMEO4 series incorporates MOTAC (Motion Activated Illumination) which powers the sight up when it senses motion and powers down when it does not, providing operational safety and enhanced battery life.
The main housing is 7075 aluminum with a 1.41″ riser mount and additional lower 1/3 co-witness spacer. Adjustments are 0.5 MOA with 100 MOA windage and elevation travel.
The sight weighs just 7.6 oz and offers IPX8 environmental proofing meaning it can be submerged to more than 1 meter. In fact, SIG goes even further, conducting Mil-Spec 810G testing and submersing the sight up to 20 meters. On the other hand, the ROMEO4S & H variants is subjected to IPX7 testing which only certifies the sight to submersion of up to 1 meter for 30 minutes.
The ROMEO4 series of optics are assembled in the USA using some foreign sourced parts. I visited SIG SAUER Electro Optics in Oregon last Fall and watched the team assemble these optics.
SIG continues to optimize their supply chain, working with multiple vendors for those components they don’t manufacture in-house.
Likewise, they continue to improve the performance of their existing line, while simultaneously introducing new models. Stay tuned to SSD as we continue our coverage of additional SIG SAUER Electro Optics offerings.
SENTRY SOLUTIONS – The Oil Free Gun & Gear Care Choice
SENTRY Solutions gun care products have been around for years. Are you still cleaning and oiling your guns, knives, and gear? Read below why SENTRY Solutions’ dry lubrication system will stop this vicious cycle and let you enjoy more range time, not cleaning time!
Let’s start off with the SENTRY Original Tuf-Cloth, a 12″ x 12″ lint-free cloth in a resealable pouch that is a CDLP Cleaner, Dry Lubricant and Protectant all in one. This go-to cloth will give you literally hundreds, if not years of use. Keep one in your range bag, your gun locker, even your glove compartment. After a day on the range, simply wipe guns off and stow them away. Next time you pull them out for a day of training, you’ll notice that they aren’t tacky or oily and they are lint and dust free. Amazing! It’s SENTRY’s unique dry lubrication technology that does it.
Unlike traditional cleaners and lubricants, the CDLP in the cloth wipes away any dirt and fingerprints and leaves behind a micro bonding shield making metals non-stick, leaving a protected surface that does not attract and hold debris. Performance, reliability, and accuracy are enhanced; cleaning becomes as simple as brushing off and re-wiping. You will find that even after thousands of rounds, guns look like they haven’t been fired and residue is just wiped away.
SENTRY Tuf-Glide comes in a handy applicator bottle or pen applicator, both excellent choices for hard to reach areas and to “re-activate” your Tuf-Cloth after hundreds of uses. Tuf-Glide’s CDLP technology not only removes the gunk, protects from debris, lint, and dirt sticking to the metal parts, but it also lubricates and protects against corrosion and rust (without sticky oils) and keeps parts moving and functioning at their optimal level even in extreme heat and cold – no gunk freeze-up!
You’ll find more uses for the Tuf-Glide in your tool arsenal, too. Don’t forget your knives need protection too!
What is little, is mighty, especially when it comes in the form of SENTRY Hi-Slip Grease. Offered in either a 2 oz. jar or 12cc syringe, Hi-Slip Grease is a concentrate, in that, a little will go a long way for lubing and protecting against corrosion, especially from salt water, sweat, and any powder residue. It prevents galling on metals such as stainless, blued, titanium, and aluminum, even under high loads and extreme conditions.
Hi-Slip Grease, once applied, does not migrate and will protect metal surfaces in temperatures from -54C/-65F to 343C/650F. If you’ve got some training to do in Antarctica or the Yuma desert, this is the stuff to protect your firearms.
A handy tip from gunsmiths: Use Hi-Slip Grease to hold those tiny and tricky springs and washers during assembly. Saves an afternoon on your knees looking for one tiny spring under your dusty work bench.
Although, you shouldn’t make it a habit to look down a gun barrel, bore and barrel cleaning is a fact of life. SENTRY Smooth-Kote Bore and Barrel Treatment is the answer to cut down time and how often your bores and barrels need attention.
How do they do that? Smooth-Kote is based on the same oil free technology using a molydbenum dry lubricant to protect against friction, fouling, and wear. It’s fast drying properties micro bond to the metals and, here’s a big benefit, it actually enhances accuracy, bullet velocity, and reliability. It also eliminates grime and it reduces extreme fouling, leading to less time and less frequent cleaning your bores and barrels!
Once you try SENTRY’s BP-2000 Powder, you’ll wonder why you didn’t get on the SENTRY Solutions bandwagon before. This super unique dry lube powder is made from pure powdered, sub-micron, passivated molybdenum disulfide that naturally micro bonds to any metal surface. In other words, it reduces the coefficient of friction, and if that doesn’t make sense – it reduces friction 20 percent more effectively compared to an oiled surface.
You’ll find a smoother and lighter trigger pull, eliminating trigger creep for a crisp release and reset.
Breaking in a new pistol or rifle? Hate the barrel-break-in time? Using BP-2000 Powder will significantly reduce barrel-break-in time AND significantly reduce the number of rounds needed in the process. These days, anything to help save on ammo costs is a good thing!
SENTRY Solutions products are an essential part of gun and knife care. Protecting what protects you and your family shouldn’t be left to products that cannot stand up to tough environmental conditions or the ravages of time and moisture. The benefits of using SENTRY Solutions products are:
• Oil Free – no gunk or oils to collect dust, dirt, and debris
• Actually continues to lubricate while functioning – keeping guns and knives clean and protected
• Prevents corrosion. Marine Tuf-Cloth and Tuf-Glide is designed specifically for salt-water or high humidity environments
• Improves the functioning of the firearm or knife. Improves accuracy and reliability
• Fast-drying, micro-bonding
• Use on multiple types of metals
• Keep in mind all the metal products you use that could use some SENTRY Solutions attention – tools, bicycles, boats, fishing equipment, motorcycles, and so much more.
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• Combat proven Switchblade 300 with patented “wave-off” feature and recommit ability provides operators with increased lethality, reach and precision strike capabilities with low collateral effects
• Contract option includes first approved export to an allied nation, extending Switchblade’s unique capabilities to friendly forces and promoting interoperability for joint operations
Switchblade 300 is a back-packable and rapidly-deployable tactical missile system for use against beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) targets. (Photo: AeroVironment, Inc. )
SIMI VALLEY, Calif., April 20, 2021 –AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), today announced the U.S. Army has exercised an option on its Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile Systems (LMAMS) contract for additional Switchblade® 300 tactical missile systems for the Army and for export to an allied nation. The $44,961,751 contract option increases the total value of the contract to $122,523,677. Delivery will take place over a two-year period.
AeroVironment received the contract option on March 16, 2021 and it will be managed by the U.S. Army Contracting Command – Redstone Arsenal and the U.S. Department of Defense Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.
“Switchblade is a versatile, combat-proven loitering missile that offers a unique combination of portability, precision, rapid deployment and collateral damage avoidance capabilities to our customers,” said Brett Hush, AeroVironment vice president and product line general manager for tactical missile systems. “The adoption of Switchblade systems across the U.S. armed forces, and now by the first allied nation, reflects its compelling capabilities and its potential for joint interoperability.”
AeroVironment’s combat proven Switchblade 300 is back-packable and rapidly deployable from ground platforms, including a multipack launcher, providing warfighters with rapid-response force protection and precision strike capabilities up to 10 kilometers (6 miles) from its launch location. Its high precision, combined with specialized effects and patented “wave-off” feature, results in Switchblade’s ability to minimize or even eliminate collateral damage.
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