FirstSpear

You Never Know Where They’ll Show Up

September 24th, 2014

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This time, we find the KCRF patch in the Canaries’ Island of Fuerte Ventura.

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MDM – Gentex / Ops-Core

September 23rd, 2014

The New Lightweight Marine Corps Type II helmet is now being issued to Marines.

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It integrates an ACH shell coated in Coyote CARC paint with walnut shell with Team Wendy ZAP pads and a new revised chinstrap that eliminates the padding at the cheeks.

www.gentexcorp.com

MDM – Geissele Automatics

September 23rd, 2014

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ALG Defense has introduced a Forged Sling Swivel with QD. It will hold 850 lbs and is forged from 7075 T6 aluminum.

www.ALGdefense.com

MDM – Darley Defense – Sunspring

September 23rd, 2014

The Darley Sunspring is a decentralized water treatment system. It is completely self contained and can be placed in remote areas, off-the-grid with built-in solar and wind power generation. There are currently 250 units in 14 countries.

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The Darley Sunspring can treat up to 5,000 gallons of water per day for up to 10 years via its membrane water filtration system. It removes 99.99% of pathogens from the water supply and can be fitted with additional filtration systems for salt/brackish water as well as chlorine.

www.darley.com

MDM – SERKET – Filmbulvetr Snow Shoes

September 23rd, 2014

SERKET is introducing snow shoes from Norwegian company Filmbulvetr which is Old Norse for The Great Winter. How rad is that?

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All stress testing is done at -40 Deg (oddly enough both Celsius and Fahrenheit intersect at minus 40). Manufactured from DuPont thermoplastic, there aren’t a lot of moving pieces yet there is both fore and aft as well as lateral movement in the binding, it will float 330 lbs vice the 250 lbs for most snow shoes.

US production is slated for Spring 2015.

www.SerketUSA.com

Beyond Clothing – The Titan Conversion System

September 23rd, 2014

Beyond Clothing has released a video detailing their Titan Conversion System. The Titan Conversion System allows for end user to optimize their clothing system based on environment and equipment integration.

www.beyondclothing.com

MDM – Owl Computing Technologies

September 23rd, 2014

Owl Computing Technologies was created in 1998 to offer One-Way Transfer Links (OWL). Their latest implementation is their dual diode technology.

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They use a hardened security infrastructure (card) to share data one-way, across domains, for example, low-side to high-side. It takes the old, copy to external disc, air gap, out of the equation, lowering risk to unauthorized disclosure of data via errant USB thumb drives. It also makes for faster access to data from different networks for analysis and fusion.

At the Soldier level, it ensures only certain information to be shared via a network such as heart rate monitor telemetry, GPS data or video. Other data streams could be shared via other networks.

www.owlcti.com

MDM – National Molding – Rigid Plate Carrier

September 23rd, 2014

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National Molding has unveiled their new Rigid Plate Carrier is made from a high impact plastic shell that helps contain spall and frag. It also protects the plate from day-to-day impacts and integrates the National Molding X-Quad single point release. This version is 20% lighter than the Quad release found in the IOTV.

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Need PALS-compatible load carriage? Not a problem. National Molding has introduced an adapter that fits over the RPC. As you can see, it can be dipped in any Camo pattern.

Available 3rd Quarter, 2015.

www.nationalmolding.com