It’s a fleece beanie…It’s cold outside…It’s Tigerstripe. What’s not to love?
Built to fit under a helmet or earpro, this Polar Fleece beanie is also DWR treated to keep moisture from soaking in. Also available in Ranger Green, Black and Coyote.
www.tacticaldistributors.com/products/td-polar-fleece-beanie
Army Contracting Command–Orlando has awarded Ravenswood Solutions an indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for support to the Army National Guard’s (ARNG) eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) program.
The single award contract will have a potential value of $555 million and will provide planning, operations, and sustainment for the XCTC program through October 31, 2024.
The mission of the XCTC program is to provide a highly realistic, fully instrumented, and intensive live training event for brigade combat teams, functional, and multi-functional brigades. The scope of the ARNG’s XCTC program involves training as many as three brigades simultaneously at multiple locations using a government-provided instrumentation system that tracks and records location and time-synchronized training events.
“Ravenswood Solutions gives our all to provide best-in-class products and services to our troops,” said Dan Donoghue, President and CEO of Ravenswood Solutions. “We are honored to be chosen to continue to support this critically-important training to our nation’s Guardsmen.”
More than 21,000 troops will train at XCTC exercises in 2020.
Centerville, TN — There’s a problem in many shoot/no-shoot scenarios and CQB training. Students’ minds are not learning effective target discrimination, largely due to a lack of appropriate training tools. Most training relies on repetitive paper targets. The same bad guys. The same good guys. The same hostages, poses, clothes, and weapons. Students learn to react to an image that is imprinted on their minds, instead of using their minds to think, analyze and identify. This is not effective target processing.
This is why T.Rex Arms has developed the Chameleon Variable Threat System. These fully randomized humanoid paper targets ensure that students will never see the same target twice. Effectively identifying threats based on visual criteria is a skill that every armed citizen needs to master, whether civilian, military, or law enforcement. This is the next generation of target identification training for Live-Fire and Simunition scenarios.
The Chameleon targets are generated using 3D models and a customized animation rig for realistic poses, objects, and textures, supporting an incredibly wide array of randomized target variables:
• Thousands of unique poses depicting specific body language, weapon manipulations, hostage takers, hostages, neutral poses, non-weapon actions, traps, and threats.
• Dozens of clothing styles with infinite color variations and insignia, and random glasses, hats, and mask combinations, as well as various law enforcement uniforms.
• Thousands of combinations of hair and beard styles, with infinite hair colors and lengths.
• Custom tattoo library, skin aging, and infinite body types and skin tones.
• Parametrically-driven facial features and facial expression system.
• A large library of realistically detailed long guns, handguns, melee weapons, tools, non-weapon items, body armor, bomb vests, etc.
• Randomized camera angles from the front, back, and side, adding further variations to the pose library.
For each category of target, we are rendering tens of thousands of unique images, making it impossible to memorize the targets in a shoot house. Every target is a completely different image of a unique person that will need to be analyzed every time. The variety of options available allow trainers to set up any scenario, and the highly detailed characteristics of targets allow for additional training opportunities such as graded after-action reports, suspect descriptions, weapon identification, and more.
On top of each unique target image we’ve placed a simple two-part scoring zone which is invisible at distance. These hitboxes are calculated in true 3D space to take actual vital organs and skeletal systems into account, and are occluded by the target’s own limbs and held objects. The final product is printed on standard 24” x 36” matte 20lb paper, with additional 3” and 5” utility targets for other drills, and corner target description text so trainers can easily find the targets they need for a given scenario.
Tubes of threat and non-threat targets can be ordered from www.trex-arms.com today, or the Chameleon Software can be used to generate large custom orders. Custom orders can be made up of any percentages of any target type, threat category, and camera angle.
Contact targets@trex-arms.com for more information about customized targets, and how to use them to combat training complacency.
Upgrade your wallet or dump tray with stunning imagery from MFT’s new decorated lineup.
Horsham, Pa. (October 2019) – Mission First Tactical, LLC (MFT™), a leader in USA-made rifle/carbine accessories, is proud to announce its Wallets and Dump Trays have been added to its new Decorated Products line up. Designs are chemically bonded to MFT’s Wallets and Dump Trays to ensure wear, scratch and chemical resistance. Express yourself with MFT offerings or let MFT place your unique image on any of our wallets, dump trays, magazines and more. Every week, MFT will be offering a limited-edition design as a giveaway and a limited-edition sale only available through its social media channels. Follow and like MFT’s Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter platforms to find out about each week’s giveaway and sale.
Securely store and easily access credit cards or business cards with MFT’s Decorated Wallets. Handcrafted from Boltaron material in the United States of America, MFT Wallets are available in either an eight credit card (15 business cards) or 15 credit card (25 business cards) wallet configuration. MFT image offerings include American Flag M1; Blue Line American Flag 1, Flag 2 or Flag 3; American Flag Vintage; Redline American Flag; Betsy Ross Flag; MFT Freedom Fries; Gadsden Flag; Join or Die; Liberty or Death; Punisher Skull Splatter White; Punisher Skull Oversize; or Team MF’ER Supreme. MSRP $24.99.
MFT’s Dump Tray provides a convenient place to drop all your everyday carry (EDC) items when you walk in the door or sit down at your desk. The small compartment is designed for your phone or small items with a larger area for everything else. The Dump Tray measures 8.2” x 11.2” with the small area measuring 3.5” x 7” and the large area measuring 6” x 7.” Handcrafted from Boltaron Material in the United States of America, the Dump Tray’s are available in the following MFT image offerings: American Flag M1 or M2; American Flag Punisher Skull; American Flag Punisher Skull MultiCam; Blue Line American Flag 1, Flag 2 or Flag 3; Redline American Flag; Betsy Ross Flag; Gadsden Flag; Join or Die; Join or Die MultiCam; Liberty or Death; Liberty or Death MultiCam; Punisher Skull Splatter White; or Team MF’ER Supreme. MSRP $39.99.
For more information on Mission First Tactical, visit www.missionfirsttactical.com.
Military and Veteran Purchase Program Now Available on Bushnell.com
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas – November 11, 2019 – Bushnell, an industry leader in high-performance optics, is pleased to announce that a new VIP Purchase Program is now available for all members of the U.S. Military.
The new Bushnell VIP Program, open to all military personnel from all branches of service – active, retired, and veterans – provides everyday discounts on any Bushnell product. Whether used for personal or duty use, the new program enables special VIP pricing for the men and women of the U.S. Military.
“It is both an honor and a privilege to be able to offer members of our U.S. military with a discount program that offers significant year-round savings on any Bushnell product,” said Vishak Sankaran, President of Bushnell. “Every day, these men and women go to extreme measures to keep our country safe and to protect the freedoms we enjoy. While we can never fully repay them for all the sacrifices they have made, we are proud to support them through our VIP Program.”
Prospective applicants can apply for the program starting November 11, 2019 by visiting www.bushnell.com/military-program. Once verified, members can immediately begin placing orders. For questions on warranty, returns, and customer service please utilize the Support tab link on www.bushnell.com. All VIP orders must be submitted online. Buyers are encouraged to review the offers’ full terms and conditions for details.
Bushnell, is one of the most recognizable and trusted names in precision hunting, tactical and recreational optics and accessories.
For more information on the new VIP Program or to view any of the company’s product, visit www.bushnell.com.
HORIZON LAMINATE is a collaboration between British Tactical and Flimmuur Tactical, the goal is to bring you up to date innovative products based on Laminate fabrics along with select quality materials.
• Adaptable Modular System based on a 6 Molle/PALS wide x 3 Molle/PALS high laser cut laminate PALS panel backed with low profile plastic moulded hook covered with soft velour loop.
• A complete system that allows you to modify parts based on use to go from a Plate carrier placard to various size chest rigs including spit-front with a variety of front openings options.
• High strength 500D Multicam laminated to 1000D Coyote Brown laser cut fabric along with low profile plastic moulded hook backer allows attachment of additional parts to build your system.
We have a number of preset options and additional parts along with Rifle Magazine Panels and more options under development.
www.britishtactical.com/adaptable-modular-system-1
At the Milipol Expo later this month in Parais, NFM is launching a new helmet line called, naturally enough, Hjelm.
The Nordic Combat Uniform (NCU) project is now ready to enter the field-testing phase. Some 480 soldiers from all four Nordic countries will be testing the uniform systems from the final prequalified tenderers.
In these weeks some 480 soldiers, who are going to take a part in the field-testing phase, will be opening the boxes with the sample uniform systems from the tenderers. That will be the beginning of the comprehensive test period running from December 2019 to May 2020.
The Nordic Combat Uniform Project is a part of Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO). The purpose of the joint Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Nordic Combat Uniform?project (NCU) is to acquire a common flexible combat uniform system that meets the operational requirements of the modern battlefield.
One system, one design, but national camouflage
The NCU clothing system includes uniform configurations from an underwear layer to outer garments, used in European, jungle and desert conditions. The configuration is the same in all countries, but each country will use its own national camouflage pattern in the uniforms. Headgear, gloves, footwear or personal protective equipment are not part of the NCU, and each country will procure those independently. The technical requirements for this purchase are a system approach which meets the operational requirements. This includes Nordic and European combat environment, but also in very cold environment and in extreme warm conditions like in jungle or desert. These functional requirements are based on joint user experience from all four countries and Nordic expertise.
One of the big advantages of a common Nordic Combat Uniform project is the scale of the acquisition. With a contract value of estimated 425 million Euros it has attracted worldwide attention from leading suppliers which creates ground for an increased competition and a more favorable price-quality-ratio.
Experiences from four nations packed into one combat uniform system
Although price is important the greatest advantage of the joint Nordic cooperation is the comprehensive test conducted by around 480 soldiers from the four countries. Test subjects include all types of soldiers from conscripts to Special Forces.
In the bids, the combat uniform tenderers described the uniform configurations that, in their mind, correspond to the functional requirements set by the NCU countries.
Based on the bids the project has invited combat uniform tenderers to field tests organized from December 2019 to May 2020. The field tests will evaluate the functionality of the offered uniform configurations in different conditions and collect user feedback about the uniforms’ suitability for use.
The field tests for the European area uniform configurations will be conducted in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark by the countries’ armed forces. The field tests for the jungle and desert uniforms will be conducted by the Danish Armed Forces including Special Forces in the first part of 2020. In Finland the clothing configurations will be subjected to separate tests used to assess their functionality in arctic conditions, among other things.
After the field tests are concluded the Swedish Defence Research Agency (Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut, FOI) will collect the feedback given by the Nordic user groups. The NCU project will analyze the feedback, and on this basis make a functional performance assessment on the combat uniform candidates.
The assessment of the functional performance forms part of the evaluation of the technical performance of each offered combat uniform system. The overall evaluation includes both the technical performance and the offered prices. This evaluation will form the basis for negotiations with the remaining tenderers and a request for best and final offers which will be finally evaluated resulting in the award of the NCU Framework Agreement.
Story by Nordic Defence Cooperation
Photos via Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation
