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Aquaterro Unveils Land Forces Digital Hub

September 28th, 2022

Aquaterro launches an interactive, virtual tradeshow experience – the Landforces Digital Hub – showcasing SIG SAUER Next Generation Squad Weapons, and featuring Next Generation Systems; supplied, integrated, and sustained by 100% Australian Owned and Operated Aquaterro.

Aquaterro has developed and launched the Landforces Digital Hub, an interactive digital exhibition experience, highlighting the many capabilities that Aquaterro provides the industry. Ballistic protective products, load carriage systems, and small arms systems. Managed across the entire lifecycle: design, engineering, acquisition, sustainment, and disposal.

The Digital Hub features a complete 3D Virtual recreation of Aquaterro’s Exhibition Booth at Land Forces, located at Booth #3G6 in Hall 3. The Virtual Hub has a series of interactive hotspots, allowing users to interact with the hub and discover everything that Aquaterro will be showcasing at Landforces.

The centre of the Digital Hub is the central location for all things SIG SAUER, showcasing the Next Generation Squad Weapons that have been selected by the U.S Army. Fully 3D models of the P320, MCX Spear, LMG and MMG can be interacted with.

The themed corners of the Digital Hub focus on projects and programs that Aquaterro have interest in or are currently engaging in, as well as presenting advanced product supplies such as the Kraka Jet Board, Extrema Ratio knives and Team Wendy Ballistic Helmets.

The Digital Hub additionally presents Product Showcases for a range of advanced product supplies, as well as features on Aquaterro’s Sustainment, and an end-to-end process video on Aquaterro’s Helmet Refurbishment Facility and Operations.

After exploring the variety of content on offer in the Aquaterro Digital Hub, you can check out the new streaming platform Aquaterro.TV, with a content library of product features from world leading brands like Surefire, Safariland, and SIG Sauer.

You can also access Aquaterro’s new Online Store from the Digital Hub.

The digital hub is live now, and can be accessed at landforces.aquaterro.com.

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Concurrent Technologies Corporation Working on AFRL Contract to Build World’s Largest Additive Manufacturing Machine

September 28th, 2022

Air Force Research Laboratory Looking to Increase AM Capabilities for Military Applications

Johnstown, PA, Sept. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) was recently awarded a $5.2 million U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract that involves building the world’s largest additive manufacturing (AM) machine. The project intends to overcome the limits of current AM (3D) equipment to build longer parts for critical defense applications.

“We are excited to play a role in this ground-breaking AM advancement,” said Edward J. Sheehan, Jr., CTC President and CEO. “The technical work we are performing for this project includes elements of CTC’s full-service portfolio of AM capabilities including design, testing, post processing, machining, and qualification.”

CTC is working with subcontractor SLM Solutions NA, Inc. (U.S. office) to build this industrial metal 3D printer/machine with an extended 1.5-meter build envelope in the Z-axis.

“Partnering with CTC, a premier research and development company, will help us achieve the goal to create a new AM capability,” said Sam O’Leary, SLM Solutions CEO. “We look forward to collaborating on an AM machine that will work much faster than existing equipment and feature the largest build envelope in the industry by far.”

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2023 DARC Course List

September 28th, 2022

2023 Courses posted on www.DARC-USA.com/courses. More dates to be announced.

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SHOP Show Raeford 2022

September 28th, 2022

Next Monday, October 3, join S&S Precision and more than 50 other manufacturers at SHOP Show Raeford at Skydive Paraclete. Check out the latest in operational gear and enjoy Mission BBQ and beer from Southern Pines Brewing.

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BE Meyers & Co Exhibiting at Booth #3925 at AUSA 2022

September 28th, 2022

September 27, 2022 (Redmond, WA) – B.E. Meyers & Co., Inc., a manufacturer of optoelectronics and advanced photonics for the defense and aerospace industries will be exhibiting at Association of the United States Army’s 2022 Annual Meeting (AUSA), on October 10-12, booth #3925 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C.

To schedule a meeting with a member of the B.E. Meyers & Co. team at Maneuver Warfighter Expo, please contact info@bemeyers.com. For more information about B.E. Meyers & Co. products, visit www.bemeyers.com

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Poster #1 – Rapid Deploying Shoulder Support Speed Bar for Spade Gripped Automatic Weapons

September 28th, 2022

Over the next several weeks we are going to share examples of posters which were presented during the recent Future Force Capabilities Conference presented by the National Defense Industrial Association in Austin, Texas. I’ll let them speak for themselves.

This is the first example which depicts a Rapid Deploying Shoulder Support Speed Bar for Spade Gripped Automatic Weapons. In this case, I’ve used it in conjunction with a Dillon Aero M134. It made it a snap to get right on target. Contact info is on the poster.

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Persistent Modernization Underpins Army’s Future Force Development

September 28th, 2022

AUSTIN, Texas – “Our Soldiers, with our systems, must get accustomed to being constantly modernized,” said Lt. Gen. Thomas H. Todd III, Deputy Commanding General for Acquisition and Systems and Chief Innovation Officer at U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC).

Todd spoke about the importance of persistent modernization – which is intentionally designed to take place “now and often” – to a full audience of defense industry experts and innovators on Wednesday as part of the 2022 NDIA Future Force Capabilities Conference and Exhibition in Austin.

The event, hosted by the National Defense Industrial Association, provided participants an opportunity to learn about new developments in future-focused defense capabilities while also engaging with fellow defense professionals.

Todd’s keynote address highlighted the Army’s work to increase speed, range and convergence on the future battlefield, including by expertly harnessing and incorporating rapidly evolving warfighting technologies.

“We love to get after what’s next – constantly,” Todd said.

AFC, headquartered in Austin, surveys, develops and validates integrated concepts, models, simulations and technologies in order to steer future Army investments and ideas, Todd explained.

The command additionally serves as “lead trail boss” for multiple signature modernization efforts, furthering achievements through research, analysis and synchronization conducted by its Futures and Concepts Center, Combat Capabilities Development Command and Cross-Functional Teams, among other organizations.

“We are the operational architect,” Todd said, noting AFC coordinates closely with other Army commands and with the Office of the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology and other partners to advance Army tools and systems.

Underpinning these activities, Army Futures Command leverages artificial intelligence, autonomy, sensors, robotics, synthetic biology, materials by design, additive manufacturing and other nascent technologies.

Exploration of human-machine teaming, which enables operational advantages on the ground and in the air by deliberately pairing human adaptability and intuition with machine speed and precision, is also proving integral to Army modernization.

“Let humans be good at what humans are good at; let robots be good at what robots are good at,” Todd asserted.

Meeting future warfighting demands, including the rigors of Multi-Domain Operations and the necessity of Joint interoperability, requires the active participation of industry, which is why events such as the NDIA-hosted conference function as productive platforms for information sharing and idea generation.

“We can no longer afford to be episodic; we have to be persistent,” Todd reiterated to audience members.

“Without you, we can’t achieve this.”

By Maureena Thompson, Army Futures Command

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McQ Inc Awarded AFWERX SBIR Phase II Contract

September 27th, 2022

FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Sept. 20, 2022 — On August 5, 2022, Fredericksburg, VA based McQ Inc announced that it has been awarded an AFWERX SBIR Phase II contract to develop a Military version of its McQ CONNECT® Iridium Certus® 100 satellite terminal. The new McQ CONNECT®MIL will address problems faced by the Air Force and other military organizations in rapid paced global missions against hostile adversaries. It will provide new mission capabilities that support Multi Domain Operations from any spot on the globe.

A quickly deployed tactical unit, the McQ CONNECT®MIL will be integrated with several advanced warfare technologies that expand the Air Force’s ability to understand adversarial activities and immediately impede hostile threatening activities. This communication innovation is a critical capability to capitalize on current technologies and serve as a force multiplier that will magnify the effects of Defense capabilities essential for battlespace domination.

www.mcqinc.com

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