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Industry Veteran Sam White Joins the Armor Express and KDH Defense Systems Board of Directors

October 25th, 2018

CENTRAL LAKE, MI and EDEN, NC — October 25, 2018 — Armor Express and KDH Defense Systems (“KDH”), two leading manufacturers of high-performance protective solutions for the U.S. Armed Forces, Federal Government and Law Enforcement communities, are pleased to announce the latest addition to their Board of Directors with the appointment of industry-veteran, Sam White.

Matt Davis, Chairman of the Board of Praesidium, the holding company that owns both Armor Express and KDH stated, “Sam is a proven commodity in our industry and we are all excited to have him join our Board. The insight and experience he has gained over the past 20 years will be a tremendous benefit to our Company and all of our technology partners across the world. His understanding of ballistic science, both hard and soft armor technologies, and strong relationships within the supply chain will be leveraged for one common goal: improving our ability to advance science to save lives.”

Mr. White will continue to serve as Vice President, Applied Science with FirstSpear®, a leading manufacturer of advanced load bearing equipment and armor platforms built for the warfighter and law enforcement professional. Prior to FirstSpear, he served as Senior Executive Vice President of Point Blank Enterprises, Inc., responsible for all facets of Research & Development (“R&D”), Design & Engineering and Business Development, with a focus on advancing supply chain and customer relationships. He also held various leadership positions with Point Blank Enterprises, including President of Point Blank Body Armor and Head of Global Sales. Earlier in his career, Mr. White held various leadership and R&D positions with Armor Holdings and Allied Signal.

“I am honored to become part of the Armor Express and KDH Defense Systems family and look forward to advancing their business in any way that I can,” stated Mr. White. “I have worked with many of their executives throughout my career, and we share the same passion for developing mission-critical, life-saving technologies. I hope to leverage my relationships and experience to support the Board’s vision, while continuing to build FirstSpear’s presence worldwide.”

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Victory First – Featureless Slide

October 25th, 2018

Victory First has introduced a Featureless Slide for Glocks so you can make it your own.

“These featureless slides are manufactured to exact tolerances to accept factory components and will fit common holsters without additional machining on the top or side radius.
This blank, ready to build, featureless slide is cut to the exact specifications of a factory Glock® slide, but we have left off all of the serrations and markings to allow a machinist to create any design that was once restricted by the factory markings and cuts. These fit GEN 1-3 components.”

The slides are 17-4PH Stainless Steel and ready for your machinist to finish.”

In their web store, you’ll find slides for G43, G19 and G17 (Gen 1/3 for 19 and 17 models) in stock, ready to be shipped.

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TD x NeverSummer “Heritage” MultiCam Alpine Snowboard for SOC-F

October 25th, 2018

Fresh off the press from the Never Summer factory comes a board collaboration exclusively for Tactical Distributors, Multicam Alpine & the Special Operations Care Fund.

This NS Heritage all mountain shape sled, featuring Snow Alpine Multicam, will have you dropping in, making turns and taking names all season long.

www.tacticaldistributors.com/products/td-x-neversummer-snowboard-multicam-alpine

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Protactic and BIO-Traze Tracking Technology Partners with FS Technology Group

October 25th, 2018

Fenton, MO – (October 18, 2018) FirstSpear® Technology Group (FSTG), industry leading technology integrator for Personal Protective and Load Bearing Equipment is working closely with Protactic Security to implement 6/12™ Laser Cutting and Tubes™ into the Mexican Marines new generation body armor system with BIO-Traze tracking technology.

FirstSpear Technology Group’s primary mission is to provide equipment solutions to the men and women protecting our freedoms and the fastest way to do this is by working with industry partners and program managers to make this technology widely available. That means working with the best manufacturers and material providers in US and allied nations. One of those companies is Protactic.

When FSTG evaluates potential partners, many things must be considered. Not only does Protactic have an outstanding reputation for quality and manufacturing, they utilize an advanced proprietary technology called BIO-Traze. This technology is designed to improve inventory control and reduce potential for corruption and impersonation. Protactic implemented a number of features ranging from visible QR codes to invisible security codes and embedded RFID technologies to guarantee the government can track garments from the factory to individual users. Using the database, Mexican Marines are issued garments with their biometric data coded specifically into their garments. This allows full accountability for garments matched to end-users. Over 800,000 garments have been issued without a single case of fraud or impersonation since 2015.

In short, BIO-Traze, along with Protactic’s advanced materials and FirstSpear 6/12 and TUBES help ensure that the good guys always have the advantage.

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Operation Urgent Fury 35th Anniversary

October 25th, 2018

On the morning of October 25th, 1983, America awoke to reports that US forced had invaded the small Caribbean nation of Grenada, in order to liberate American medical students from danger posed by political instability. Joined by Regional Security System troops from a variety of Caribbean partner nations, they swiftly overwhelmed the Grenadian and Cuban troops. While Operation Urgent Fury was in name, a joint force operation, and included the use of Special Operations Forces, it highlighted many interoperability challenges, such as use of joint operational overlays and communications issues.

Several stove pipe problems suffered by the pre-Goldwater-Nichols military were identified during this operation. Additionally, Urgent Fury was conducted with many systems dating from the Vietnam war.

Just six years later, during the invasion of Panama, saw the first employment of several new weapons developed during the Reagan buildup such as the F-117 stealth fighter and the Marine Corps LAV-25. Grenada was a great learning experience for the US military as it highlighted issues with joint service operations, particularly in the communications arena as well as interoperability between Special Operations and General Purpose forces. For example, SOF also took a much more prominent role in operation Blue Spoon during the Panama invasion. We’ve come even further in the past three decades.

Finally, as with any conflict, lives were lost. Let us not forget the 19 Americans killed in action and the 116 who were wounded. Unfortunately, there were also 24 Grenadian civilians killed in the conflict.

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HTC Open House – November 9th

October 24th, 2018

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Meprolight to Supply M5 and Night Vision Sights to a Western European Special Ops Federal Police Force

October 24th, 2018

The advanced and unique capabilities of these sights make them ideally suited to the needs of Police Special Units

October 24, 2018, Meprolight (1990) Ltd. – a member of the SK Group and a leading manufacturer of electro-optical systems, thermal and night vision equipment, self-illuminated sights, and Laser Range Finder systems for military, law enforcement and civil applications – was awarded a contract to supply a follow-on order of its field-proven MEPRO M5 sightsand MEPRO MINIMON (L) multifunctional night vision monoculars to a Western European Federal Police Force Special Unit.

The advanced and unique capabilities of these high quality sights – much appreciated by satisfied customers – make them ideally suited to the needs of these special police units. Among their features are a ruggedized design that withstands extreme weather and conditions, their light weight, low power consumption enabling extended operation time while requiring only a single AA commercial battery and featuring a unique power-saving system extending operating time without compromising target acquisition.

According to Mr. David Shenhav, Regional VP Marketing and Sales, “Meprolight provides versatile solutions suited to military, HLS and law enforcement missions. This new contract is an add-on to tenders previously awarded to Meprolight for the supply of the same products to the same customer. As with all follow-on orders, it is further confirmation of the suitability of the company’s solutions to the customer’s needs and additional proof of their high quality.”

The compact, energy efficient MEPRO M5 Red-Dot Sight provides thousands of operating hours with a single AA battery. Featuring battle-proven LED technology and rugged MIL-STD design, the sight assures reliability under the harshest environmental conditions. With its large display window and reticle, it ensures rapid target acquisition with both eyes open. Offering numerous reticle brightness intensities and various reticle configurations, the MEPRO M5 suits every tactical scenario. To facilitate night operations and long-range target engagement, the MEPRO M5 is compatible with the most advanced Image Intensification Tubes NVG monoculars as well as with magnifying scopes. Its human engineering allows positioning of NVGs and magnifiers close to the sight’s optics with no decrease in the field of view and without compromising convenient switch operation.

The MEPRO MINIMON (L) can be used in monocular or binocular configuration having two MEPRO MINIMONs connected via a special bridge. It enables full tactical flexibility using either one or both eyes during missions including observation, target acquisition, and driving a vehicle; multi-function and extremely lightweight it can be head- and helmet-mounted, weapon-mounted, or hand-held. The monocular operates more than 40 continuous hours utilizing either a single AA or a CR123 battery, enables exceptional night vision imagery while allowing the user to maintain full situational awareness with the unaided eye or 3-D view in binocular configuration. , It is MIL-STD 810 and has a 40° field of view. It is compatible with all IR illumination and laser pointers, and while weapon-mounted in tandem behind a day “red-dot” sight, it creates an efficient night vision sight.

For more information on Meprolight, please visit: www.meprolight.com.

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POF USA – Two-Stage Trigger

October 24th, 2018

Based on overwhelming demand, POF-USA has delivered to the market a brand new two-stage trigger to match the style and weight of its original single stage trigger.

Many in the competition shooting realms have hailed the two stage trigger as their preferred style.

Two stage triggers have a brief amount of slack that can be taken up before hitting a defined “wall”, at which point the shot can be withheld until the perfect moment.

With a 2 lb first stage, and the 2.5 lb second stage, this trigger has a 4.5-pound total pull weight.

pof-usa.com/product/standard-two-stage-trigger

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