Warrior East is this Thursday and Friday at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. Be sure to check out www.blueforcegear.com.
Warrior East is this Thursday and Friday at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. Be sure to check out www.blueforcegear.com.
Last month, FLIR Systems, makers of a wide variety of infra-red optical systems has spent $41 Million in cash to purchase San Francisco-based Armasight, Inc. Its a good fit for FLIR because Armasight develops and distributes a wide range of rifle scopes, spotting scopes, binoculars, goggles, and illuminating tools and will complement FLIR’s Personal Vision Systems and Thermal Weapon Sights. The combined business line will be named FLIR Outdoor and Tactical Systems and will be reported within FLIR’s Surveillance segment.
“The addition of Armasight to our existing scopes and sights business provides us with meaningful additional scale and injects additional market expertise to better serve the growing hunting and military scopes markets,” said Andy Teich, President and CEO of FLIR. “We are pleased to welcome this talented team in further leveraging FLIR’s established channels into global military and law enforcement customers, as well as utilize our advanced thermal sensor development and vertically-integrated production capabilities to advance their products and reduce costs.”
This is a subject that I’d normally avoid here on SSD but as a gun owner and NRA member, this video speaks to me. I hope you give it a listen.
No matter your background, if you care about your second amendment rights, join the NRA.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., -July 12, 2016- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (OTCQB: KBLB) (“Company”), the leading developer of spider silk based fibers, today announced that it has received a contract valued at up to $1.0 million, if the option phase is awarded, for the development of high performance fibers for protective apparel applications. Under the fully funded base effort, valued at $99,962, the Company will deliver ballistic shoot packs constructed from its proprietary Dragon Silk™ material for performance testing. These shoot packs will be tested and evaluated for critical Soldier protective applications including ballistic impact. If awarded, the option phase will significantly expand this work with the US Army.
“Dragon Silk scores very highly in tensile strength and elasticity, which makes it one of the toughest fibers known to man and the ideal material for many applications,” stated Jon Rice, COO. “Providing material for this ballistic shoot pack initiative is an important next step for Kraig and spider silk. This contract reinforces the many significant potential applications for recombinant spider silk. Today is a great day for spider silk.”
“We’re proud to be working with the Department of Defense to assess the exciting potential of spider silk for military applications,” stated Kim K Thompson, CEO and founder of Kraig Biocraft Laboratories. “We are honored that the U.S. Army has selected us for this program. This effort will provide Kraig Labs with the opportunity to validate our longstanding belief that spider silk technology has had an incredible potential for protective and lifesaving materials and expand our ability to design and engineer innovative materials solutions.”
The base effort on this contract is scheduled to last ten months and is the Company’s first US Department of Defense award.
Previous Kraig breakthroughs include;
Creating, with the University of Notre Dame and the University of Wyoming (the Company’s university development collaborators), the world’s first recombinant spider silk fibers via a transgenic silkworm capable of spinning recombinant spider silk http://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/16934-notre-dame-and-university-of-wyoming-scientists-genetically-engineer-silkworms-to-produce-artificial-spider-silk/.
The first published peer reviewed study in this space, by the highly respected PNAS, http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/01/02/1109420109.
Kraig Biocraft Laboratories chosen as finalists for the inaugural ITMA Future Materials Awards in “Best innovation – Agrotextiles” and “Most innovative small company” categories. For further information please go to the following link: www.futurematerialsawards.com
Kraig is a biotech company with a proven track record of genetic engineering mastery. In a few shorts years the Company has gone from having the first peer reviewed recombinant spider silk technology to doing the unthinkable, exceed spider silk’s strength.
Bolt Technology, one of Kraig’s peers in this space, raised $40 million in its efforts to commercialize its version of spider silk technology, http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2015/06/04/the-daily-startup-bolt-threads-spins-up-40-million-to-scale-new-fabric/.
The Company recently signed a memorandum of understanding with a Vietnamese provincial government concerning its plans to establish advanced fiber production at sericulture facilities in Vietnam and is awaiting final approval. Kraig is on target to deliver the world’s 1st commercially feasible mass produced recombinant spider silk, produced using very environmentally friendly and sustainable methods. Their technology could soon become a global standard for super fibers.
The Advantages of Spider Silk
• Potential uses include ballistic protection.
• Unequalled combination of elasticity and tensile strength.
• Interest in spider silk has exploded as the technology approaches commercialization.
• Genetically engineered spider silk fibers are a powerful new technological approach to potentially opening up new application and markets.
• The market for technical textiles is in excess of $120 billion annually.
• Spider silk technology has the potential to revolutionize the multi-billion dollar silk industry.
• The market for traditional raw silk alone is in excess of $5 billion per year.
• Biodegradable and biocompatible.
• Spider silk production could greatly reduce many of the toxins and pollutants used in conventional petroleum based fiber and polymer production process.
High performance technical fibers are currently used in a wide variety of military, industrial, and consumer applications requiring superior strength, toughness and flexibility.
The fire4effect llc team is proud to announce the F4E Armorers Wrench Set! Developed by Master Gunsmith and former Army Marksmanship Unit NCOIC Matt Haidu the Armorers Wrench Set or AWS consists of a Barrel Wrench, Castle Nut Wrench and Muzzle Device Wrench.
Manufactured from water jet cut mild steel that has been CNC milled, laser engraved with a custom @cerakote finish the AWS is designed to provide a lifetime of use for the AR15 armorer. Each wrench has a life time warranty.
Key Features:
The Barrel Nut Wrench provides 9 points of contact on the barrel nut and features hardened steel roll pins which can be easily replaced by the individual armorer.
The Castle Nut Wrench uses recessed castle nut lugs for improved lock up during assembly and disassembly. The Castle Nut Wrench also doubles as a Receiver Extension / buffer tube wrench.
The Muzzle Device Wrench features a alignment groove to assist armorers while indexing muzzle devices. Torque wrench attachment points have the corrected torque wrench calculation engraved on the Muzzle Device Wrench. The Muzzle Device Wrench also features shoulder inlets to accommodate crush washer expansion.
All wrenches incorporate 2 handles for balanced manual torque application during assembly or reassembly.
PROUDLY MADE IN TEXAS!
Individual Wrench Price:
Barrel Nut Wrench: $129.99
Castle Nut Wrench: $119.99
Muzzle Device Wrench: $79.99
Complete AWS Price: $300.00
Fire-4-Effect offers a 10% MIL/LE discount with appropriate credentials.
AWS orders will be going live shortly. Please email sales@fire-4-effect.com for additional info.
Artist Louie Piergallini has been restoring aircraft for over 40 years, and is now offering replica nose art like that found on World War II-era aircraft. Like the originals, these are hand painted on aircraft aluminum. In addition to the items available on the site, he will also produce custom designs.
Win a FREE Patriot Plate Carrier!
Shellback Tactical & SKD are giving away a FREE Patriot Plate Carrier to 4 lucky customers on Instagram. Just post your best Patriotic-themed picture on Instagram by July 20th and follow these 2 rules:
1) Include #patriotplatecarrier in the picture itself
2) Include #patriotplatecarrier, #shellbacktactical and #skdtactical in the post comments
You can post as often as many pics as you’d like but each contestant is only eligible for 1 free plate carrier. Post to impress & Good Luck!
This is the upcoming 28L S.uspension H.aul A.ccess D.urable O.rganize (S.H.A.D.O.) Pack from Prometheus Design Werx. It features two full clamshell opening compartments, one of which is dedicated to your EDC items. I love the name which reminds me of the name of the organization tasked with defending the earth from alien invaders in the early 70s science fiction TV series, UFO.