Tactical Outfitters has began accepting pre-orders for what they claim will be the world’s largest morale patch, supported by an application to Guiness World records. A 1:1 sized replica of the Swedish AT4 anti-tank launcher, this patch will be 40″ long by 6.22″ wide, and fully Velcro backed. This will be a limited-time offer, and purchasers will also receive a numbered art card with every pre-order customer’s name on it. Additionally, a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the AT4 Morale Patch will be donated to Wishes For Warriors.
SOFWERX, in Tampa, FL, will host a dual track SOFCON Working Group with the theme of SOF Cyber Electro-Magnetic Activities (CEMA). The Project Track will provide an environment for SOF related technology exploration and innovative technology use based on direct interaction and feedback with Warfighters at the event. The Speaker Track will give Warfighters the opportunity to view presentations from expert speakers and select exhibitors.
Objective
Project Track
• Allow SOF operators and engineers/hackers/makers to experiment with non-standard commercial technologies in order to develop use case concepts and build a common repository of instruction sets.
• Technical training on CEMA related topics.
• Advanced capability exploration with representatives from SANS Institute. (Check back often for details as the schedule becomes finalized.)
Speaker Track
• Informative presentations from Subject Matter Experts (SME) on CEMA related topics.
• Exhibitor presentations and demonstrations on CEMA related products & services.
Top Technical Apparel Manufacturer to Offer Custom Options in MultiCam® Patterns through Online Store
Brooklyn, NY – MultiCam®, the combat-proven, complete family of concealment solutions for those who demand the best, has announced that it has named Techwear USA, as an official Ink Dye Sublimation Licensee for Custom Technical Apparel. In celebration of this agreement, Techwear has launched it’s MultiCam® store, through their website techwearusa.com/multicam.
Teachwear USA is the premiere dye sublimation printer and manufacturer of custom technical apparel serving the competitive shooting sports industry. Their use of innovative fabrics allows customers to chose from a variety of apparel pieces that will perform in a range of conditions. Customers seeking to use the MultiCam® pattern will be able to incorporate it either into their custom design or simply choose from a number of pre – printed stock apparel items.
The manufacturer will also be hosting a July 4th promotion, in celebration of the launch, by offering their July 4th MultiCam® Performance V jersey. The promotion will run from now July 4th, with the first 40 orders also receiving a free TechWearUSA hat.
The initial run of Techwear items will feature original MultiCam® with the rest of the family of patterns to follow.
“We are incredibly excited to announce Techwear as an official licensee for the MultiCam® Brand,” stated Ernesto Rodriguez, MultiCam® Brand Manager. “Techwear is known for their unparalleled high-tech, customized apparel. Paired with professionalism, enthusiasm and attention to detail, customers are guaranteed to receive the best looking and performing jerseys available.”
For more information, customers are encouraged to visit the Techwear USA MultiCam® page via, techwearusa.com/multicam.
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Dynamis Alliance announced that they are giving away one of their L.V.L. (Low-Vis Lifestyle) Bags with Custom DFNDR Pistol Armor today ($605 Value). This giveaway will remain open until Sunday, June 17th at midnight EDT. All you have to do to enter is follow @dynamisalliance on social media.
This video explains the features and functionality of the L.V.L. Bag in great detail.
The Dynamis L.V.L Bag is a rapidly deployable bag that is designed to adapt. The bag can be worn as a two strapped backpack or you can remove a strap and wear it as a sling bag. There are several access points all around the bag to the weapons pocket, which allows for rapid access to your firearm in a threat situation.
There is a rain cover that pulls over the bag to protect against the elements. There is also a rollout helmet cover that clips into the hooks on the front of the bag. The rearmost pocket is padded and protected to keep your laptop or tablet safe and secure from being scratched or broken. There is also an armor insert panel in this pouch.
Introducing the latest addition to the FirstSpear technical apparel line, the Centurion Short.
Designed for Every Day Carry, Walking the Dog or Standing Around Holding a Beer, these shorts are sized using the same grade as current military uniforms.
Some of the unique comfort features used in the 100% US Manufacture Centurion Short include Nano Glide Stretch Mesh Pockets for comfort and quick dry, an integrated low-profile belt system that uses customized BioThane Webbing and Jam Lock buckle to let you roll with our without your trusty Line 1 Belt.
Removable Poron Foam inserts on your left and right inside hip let you carry your Pistol, Knife or Phone On The Belt with total comfort. Side pockets on the Centurion are made of 520 Stretch Fabric and are sized to accommodate Folding Knives, common pistol magazines and similar items.
Slightly off color threat enhances some specific pattern elements and 100% US Made with 100% US Materials.
Currently offered in S – XXL in FS Sand. Available for order, the shorts ship next week!
Former executives of Wellco, a US-based footwear manufacturer, pleaded guilty in January to either conspiracy to commit wire fraud or smuggling goods into the United States. The charges stem from the guilty parties’ scheme to manufacture boot components in China, destined for US military contracts and then assemble and pass them off as US made goods, in violation of the Berry Amendment which requires textile products to be produced domestically from US materials.
Recently, most of the conspirators were sentenced.
The former CEO of Wellco, Vincent Lee Ferguson of Knoxville, TN, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He has yet to be sentenced.
Former Sr VP of Sales, Matthew Lee Ferguson of Geneva, IL, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Sentenced to six months in prison.
Former Marketing Director, Kerry Joseph Ferguson of Houston, TX, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Sentenced to six months in prison.
Former Wellco Operations Manager, Stephanie Lynn (Ferguson) Kaemmerer of Knoxville, TN, pleaded guilty to smuggling goods into the United States. Sentenced to five years probation.
Former VP of Govt Contracting, Neil Streeter of Warren, MA, pleaded guilty to smuggling goods into the US. Sentenced to five years probation.
Former Dir of Distribution and Logistics, Matthew Harrison Martland, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the altering of country of origin marks. Maryland was sentenced to six months probation.
The current ownership of Wellco, Original Footwear Holdings, also owns Altama and cooperated with the government throughout the investigation. Altama is an SSD advertiser.
Curtis Blue Line, Distributor of Police Duty Wear and Tactical Gear, Names Fechheimer Supplier of the Year
Cincinnati, Ohio – Fechheimer Brothers Company, a global leader in the design and manufacture of uniform and lifestyle apparel and gear, has been named the 2017 Supplier of the Year by Curtis Blue Line. Supplying Curtis Blue Line with products from both of their premier brands, Flying Cross and Vertx®, Fechheimer partners with one of the nation’s largest distributors of police wear and tactical gear. This recognition marks the second consecutive year Curtis Blue Line has named Fechheimer Brothers Company as their Supplier of the Year.
“We are honored to again be recognized as Curtis Blue Line Supplier of the Year. We love working with the Curtis Blue Line team who is fully focused on serving public safety professionals in its communities,” said Bob Getto, President and CEO at Fechheimer Brothers Company. “Providing these professionals with great service and quality products is what it’s all about, and teamwork between our two companies is a key.”
Curtis Blue Line is a dedicated resource for law enforcement equipment, uniforms and tactical gear. Through online distribution and six operational brick and mortar centers, Curtis Blue Line provides excellent services to law enforcement agencies and fire departments across the nation. This organization supports public safety agencies by delivering products and services that exemplifies their core values of Quality, Service, Integrity and Caring.
“It is with great pleasure that we announce Fechheimer has been selected as the Supplier of the Year award winner for 2017,” said Jeffrey R. Curtis, Chief Operating Officer for Curtis Blue Line. “The entire Fechheimer organization has been involved in providing the high quality product and high quality performance that is required to receive this award. All of us at Curtis Blue Line are extremely grateful for the strong and growing relationship between our firms.”
Together, Fechheimer and Curtis Blue Line serve the public safety market, offering high quality products and impeccable distribution. For more information regarding Fechheimer Brothers Company, visit the company website at www.fechheimer.com.
At Eurosatory 2018 Rheinmetall presented its new Lynx KF41 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) to the international public for the first time. Highly survivable, adaptable to diverse environments, extremely agile, hard hitting, and with huge payload reserves, the Lynx KF41 is a next-generation combat vehicle designed to confront the challenges of the future battlefield like no other.
Most experts agree that land forces will face unprecedented threats on the future battlefield, where emergent technologies have substantially changed the balance of power. Key technologies influencing armored fighting vehicle (AFV) design for the future include anti- access/area denial systems that reduce the ability to gain and retain air dominance, electronic warfare systems that will deny reliable communications, enhanced artillery systems that restrict freedom of action, and advanced AFV designs that are difficult to defeat with existing systems.
In concert with the technology challenges of future combat, land forces need to be relevant across the full spectrum of conflict, including contributing to peace keeping operations, conducting counter-insurgency campaigns, and engaging in general war-fighting against constantly evolving threats in diverse global environments.
It is with these challenges in mind that Rheinmetall has developed the Lynx KF41 family of vehicles and the companion Lance 2.0 turret, resulting in a revolutionary IFV with a level of adaptability, survivability and capacity not seen before in an IFV family.
Ben Hudson, global head of Rheinmetall’s Vehicle Systems Division said, “With the Lynx KF41, the Rheinmetall team has developed a truly innovative next-generation combat vehicle. The breadth of capabilities that a Lynx IFV provides soldiers results in a veritable Swiss Army knife that has unprecedented utility across the full spectrum of conflict. Its modular, adaptable survivability systems allow the vehicle to evolve through life, the high level of mobility will provide battlefield commanders great tactical flexibility in combat, and the diverse effects that the Lance 2.0 turret can generate allow the crew to deal effectively with a wide variety of battlefield situations”.
Adaptable. The Lynx KF41 is a complete family of vehicles that utilises a common drive module and a flexible mission kit arrangement to allow any base vehicle to be configured as an IFV, an armoured personnel carrier, a command vehicle, a recovery vehicle or an ambulance. Changing from one configuration to another can occur within eight hours. This system provides significant total lifecycle cost savings due to base vehicle commonality, allowing customers to adjust force structures or develop new capabilities in an affordable and timely manner.
Enhancing the vehicle’s flexibility, the sub-systems of the Lynx KF41 are highly modular and adaptable. The Lynx KF41 features a digital backbone with a generic open architecture that allows easy integration of new mission systems, while the entire survivability system is modular and upgradable to allow the vehicle to cope with the highly adaptive threats faced on the battlefield. Different survivability kits are available for peacekeeping situations, counter-insurgency operations in urban terrain, and mounted combat against a peer.
No other vehicle can adapt to diverse environments across the full spectrum of operational challenges like the Lynx KF41 can.
Highly Mobile. The Lynx KF41 features the latest generation of propulsion technology with an 850 kW (1140hp) Liebherr engine and a proven Renk transmission. A flexible suspension system has been developed by Supashock, an Australian company, meaning the Lynx can be configured to carry various mission kits and survivability packages without compromising mobility. When configured for mounted combat operations with the Lance 2.0 turret and a survivability package suitable for peer-on-peer combat, the Lynx KF41 weighs approximately 44 tonnes. In this configuration it provides class leading mobility due the high power-to- weight ratio of 26 hp/t, while still leaving up to six tonnes of reserve payload for future growth.
Survivable. The modular survivability systems of the Lynx provide unprecedented flexibility for customers to cope with the wide variety of threats faced across the spectrum of conflict.
The ballistic and mine protection packages can be easily exchanged, even in the field if needed, while the full spectrum of threats have been taken into account, including roof protection against cluster munitions. The Lynx KF41 with Lance 2.0 has been designed not only for passive and reactive systems, but also for an active protection system to defeat rocket-propelled grenades and antitank guided missiles.
Hard hitting. The Lance 2.0 turret is the next generation of the in-service Lance family and has been developed to improve its suitability for an IFV. Lance 2.0 has various enhancements that provide a troop of Lynx KF41 vehicles with a very high level of organic capability, thus allowing the troop to have a disproportionate effect on the battlefield.
The Lance 2.0 features enhanced protection for critical subsystems against kinetic and fragmentation threats, improving system survivability during close combat. The next enhancement is the integration of the new Wotan 35 electrically driven cannon that fires Rheinmetall’s proven and in-service 35x228mm ammunition family. Lastly, the Lance 2.0 has two flexible mission pods fitted to the left and right of the turret that allow installation of a variety of sub-systems to give the turret a specialist capability. Examples of customer- selectable mission pods include dual Rafael Spike LR2 ATGMs, non-line of sight strike loitering munitions, UAVs or an electronic warfare package.
The Lynx KF41 and Lance 2.0 once again show Rheinmetall’s capabilities as a world- leading company in the fields of security and mobility.
