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Revision Offer to Purchase Pacific Safety Products

May 14th, 2010

Pacific Safety Products Inc. announced today that it has received an offer from Revision Eyewear Inc. to purchase all the issued and outstanding shares of PSP at a price of Cdn $0.18 per share in an all-cash transaction. The purchase price represents a premium of 50% over the weighted average trading price of PSP’s common shares on the TSX-V for the 30 trading days prior to March 4, 2010. The sale still requires the approval of PSP’s shareholders.

Revision is a private company with corporate headquarters in Montreal and operational headquarters in Essex Junction, Vermont, USA which develops and delivers purpose-built eye protection solutions for military and tactical clients worldwide.

What makes this so significant is that PSP is an armor manufacturer and this move signals Revision’s desire to move into new areas of the personal protection market.

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TigerSwan Glock17

May 14th, 2010

TigerSwan is introducing a Gen 3 Glock 17 built to the same specs as their instructor guns. The Gen 3 model Glock has an aggressive grip to help manage recoil along with the professional installation of select components to make an incredible difference in accuracy and shootability.

The pistol includes:

* Hand Fitted Wilson Match Barrel
* 3.5 lb Glock Trigger Bar Connector
* Dawson Precision Adjustable Rear Sight
* Dawson Precision Black Front Sight
* Vickers Extended Tactical Glock Magazine Release
* Glock Factory Extended Slide Release

The TigerSwan Glock 17 will be available in their Pro Shop 1 June at $760.

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Vetrepreneur of the Year on CEOs

May 13th, 2010

Mark Llano, head of Source One Distributors and Vetrepreneur of the Year recently authored an article on what it takes to be a good CEO. It is particularly poignant for military veterans turning their drive and good ideas toward the business world yet lack experience in this new environment.

Vetrepreneur CEO Article

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Meet the IZLID Ultra

May 13th, 2010

I saw a lot of great kit at last week’s ADS Warrior Expo West, but the new IZLID Ultra from BE Meyers really impressed me. The precise application of airpower has become a cornerstone of our Counter Insurgency strategy and without the proper tools to effectively mark targets, that strategy would be nowhere. The IZLID 1000P has been the work horse for Terminal Attack Controllers for some time, but the new IZLID Ultra offers several advantages.

Just setting the two versions of the IZLID side-by-side you can see a distinct difference. The IZLID 1000P (top) is over 10” long, roughly 2.5” diameter and weighs 27.5 oz with batteries while the IZLID Ultra (bottom) is 8.6” long, about 1.8” diameter, and weighs 11.7 oz with batteries. Both lasers mark targets at very long range (>43 km) with their nominal 1W output at 860 nm but the Ultra really shines due to its compact size and weight and well as a longer battery life. Additionally, the new chassis allows for an improved grip as well easier access to the controls. Notice in the photo, the 1000P has a weapons mount. Rarely if ever, is this used due to the size of the device but with the new Ultra, it may well be an option allowing a TAC to mount it to his rifle.

www.bemeyers.com

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GoPro Camera Test Jump

May 13th, 2010

While traditionally the GoPro Hero has been considered a helmet cam, like so many others Eric Halberstadt realized it could be used in other ways as well. In this case, he attached it to his leg during a static line parachute jump. Eric makes demonstration jumps using WWII equipment as well as a professional TV commercial director of photography.

The GoPro Hero is widely recognized for its use in action sports. One of the huge draws is that it’s relatively inexpensive and with a variety of mounting solutions it can be adapted to any number of uses including attaching it to a rifle. In fact, the GoPro Hero is so small that there might even be room for a couple of them on the rail of your M4 allowing you to capture numerous perspectives. But probably the biggest selling point if the quality of the image. Just look at it, have you seen anything so clear? And all of you legs, make sure you bow down when you watch this video.

www.goprocamera.com

Thanks for the help Hans!

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Save 20% Now on Vertx

May 12th, 2010

Vertx clothing embodies the spirit of the Operational Athlete and now is a great time for Soldier Systems Daily readers to save 20% on all non-sale items from now until May 31st by using evaluator code “SSYSTEMS”. Also, be sure to read more information on the Vertx Tactical Pant by clicking here.

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New Kneecap Colors

May 12th, 2010

Knee Caps

In addition to the already announced buckle improvement to the Kneecap, Arc’teryx LEAF also plans on releasing new colors including a MultiCam compatible version later this year. No firm date has been set but the new color options will be cut into the line as soon as they are ready. The Kneecap works perfectly with the knee pad pocket featured on the new Compound Armor Compatible Clothing System.

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ARC from UTE

May 12th, 2010

Unleashed Tactical Equipment unveiled the ARC at last week’s GPEC trade show in Germany. The name says it all, Absorb, Reflect, Control and that is exactly what it is designed to do; keep good emanations in and bad emanations out. The material can be configured in any number of ways including shelters.

UTE ARC Brochure

ARC is available in the US exclusively through Tidewater Tactical.

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