Tulmar Safety Systems is looking for Human Factors test subjects (paid) to participate in a variety of fit, form, function trials for product development purposes. Test subjects should have current experience in maritime operations within a Special Operations or Tactical Law Enforcement environment. Potential candidates need to be physically fit & competent in water survival/swimming. Trial location will be in the greater Montreal Canada area with a daily salary and travel expenses paid by Tulmar.
Please contact Matt Fisher, Director of Business Development – Defense Programs for more information: mfisher@tulmar.com
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Sunnyvale, CA – Thyrm® changed the premium flashlight market in 2014 with the introduction of the SwitchBack®. Individuals could now pocket-carry most premium flashlights like Surefire and Streamlight with the SwitchBack’s pocket clip. The SwitchBack’s finger ring introduced a host of new features to the handheld light market including flashlight retention and the SwitchBack technique for use with handguns. Consumer demand for a low-profile flashlight carry clip spurred the design of the SwitchBack’s undercover cousin – introducing the LPC Clip™.
The LPC (Low Profile Carry) Clip offers deep carry of premium flashlights like Modlite Systems, Surefire Fury, 6P and G2X, Streamlight Protac HL/HL-X, and the soon-to-be-released Cloud Defensive handheld. This low ride height minimizes visual signature. Thyrm designed subtle control surfaces into the LPC to aid in secure deployments and various grip techniques. A lanyard hole fits 1/8” shock-cord and paracord.
Lanyard Not Included
As with all Thyrm products, LPC Clips are designed and made in the USA.
To learn more or purchase, head to www.thyrm.com or your favorite Thyrm dealer. Government orders: gov@thyrm.com
• Switchblade 600 tactical missile system features high-precision optics, more than 40 minutes of loitering endurance and an anti-armor warhead for engaging and prosecuting hardened static and moving light armored vehicles
• Lightweight, self-contained Switchblade 600 launch tube system allows for deployment flexibility from fixed and mobile platforms on land, in air or at sea
Switchblade 600 is an all-in-one, man-portable loitering missile that delivers unprecedented tactical reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition. (Photo: AeroVironment, Inc.)
ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 4, 2021 – AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in intelligent, multi-domain robotic systems, today announced it was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract on Sept. 28, 2021 by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for $20,321,973 for the procurement of Switchblade® 600 tactical missile systems (TMS). Delivery is scheduled to be completed by January 2023.
“Switchblade 600 is an all-in-one, man-portable tactical missile that provides warfighters with the capability to fly, track and engage non-line-of-sight targets and light-armored vehicles with precision lethal effects,” said Brett Hush, vice president and product line general manager for TMS. “The tube-launched, Switchblade 600 can be easily transported for deployment from fixed and mobile platforms in any environment, providing operators with superior force overmatch and minimizing exposure to direct and indirect enemy fires.”
AeroVironment’s Switchblade 600 is an all-in-one, man portable solution equipped with a high-performance EO/IR gimbaled sensor suite, precision flight control and more than 40 minutes of flight time to deliver unprecedented tactical reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition (RSTA). Its anti-armor warhead enables engagement and prosecution of hardened static and moving light armored vehicles from multiple angles without external ISR or fires assets. Switchblade 600’s patented wave-off and recommit capability allows operators to abort the mission at any time and then re-engage either the same or other targets multiple times based on operator command, resulting in minimal to no collateral damage.
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• Initial proof-of-concept demonstration conducted in August 2021
• Leverages an AeroVironment end-to-end solution with combat-proven systems for increased mission autonomy and efficacy
ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 3, 2021 – AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in intelligent, multi-domain robotic systems, today announced the successful demonstration of integrating Switchblade® 300 loitering missiles and JUMP® 20 medium unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for increased mission autonomy and efficacy. This Air Launched Effects (ALE) proof-of-concept demonstration took place in August 2021 with the goal of launching an inert Switchblade 300 from the JUMP 20 and successfully recovering both air vehicles.
The systems were integrated by fixing the inert Switchblade 300 tube-launch system to the existing JUMP 20 platform’s vertical lift boom with a custom-made bolt-on mount and firing solution. Switchblade 300 was remotely fired using the JUMP 20 ground control solution with in-flight control taken by a separate Switchblade ground element. Both vehicles were successfully recovered, proving the demonstration event to be the first-ever Switchblade 300 integration and air launch from a JUMP 20 Group 3 vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) platform.
“This end-to-end integrated solution enables customers with greater time on station than if they were to deploy a Switchblade on its own, resulting in the ability to conduct persistent real-time surveillance to increase the chance of identifying the correct target and minimizing collateral damage,” said Brett Hush, AeroVironment vice president and product line general manager of tactical missile systems. “It combines the combat-proven Switchblade loitering missile’s lethality, reach and precision strike capabilities with low collateral effects and the VTOL, fixed-wing JUMP 20’s advanced multi-sensor ISR services and 14-hour endurance.”
Next week is a celebration and remembrance, in 96 hours we will have praised and celebrated one of the finest Military Branches in the world and we remember all veterans past and present.
Happiest of Birthdays to the United States Marines Corps and may you have many more years of service to our great nation. “Semper Fidelis.” To all that have served, we will continue to support you and your missions. From our FirstSpear family to yours, thank you for your honorable service and to those that continue to serve, you are admirable in your endeavor.
Here’s a collage of some familiar FirstSpear faces from far off places.
Norway’s Fenris Consult AS recently contacted us about their Poseidon Tactical LPU, a Damage Resistant Life Preserver.
YOU CAN KILL THIS LPU – IT WILL STILL SAVE YOUR LIFE
Over the past few years, there have been several instances of maritime operators having lost their lives due to damaged or failing equipment.
Combined with more aggressive and well-armed opposing entities, odds are this will happen again in the not-so-distant future.
Simultaneously, the development of “tactical” LPUs haven’t really gone anywhere – military issued LPUs are generally low quality, relatively large in size, and they haven’t really offered much.
David Manzi of Safe Defence PTY Ltd, trading as Poseidon AU, has been associated with the Aviation, Maritime and Land Safety and Survival Solutions for more than 38 years.
Poseidon® has numerous cutting-edge solutions, and regularly takes on custom development for professional end users. Poseidon also offers unique technical solutions, such as the Damage Resistant Technology for their LPUs.
While testing potential candidates for the procurement of a brand new LPU, a NATO maritime- focused, amphibious unit realized none of the existing candidates were up to the task. They wanted an LPU with the best possible qualities, new technology and all the top life-saving properties, while keeping the footprint on the users as low as possible.
Poseidon® set out to make the best tactical LPU possible, and six months later this resulted in the Poseidon Kronos.
Poseidon Kronos LPU shown here mounted on the Crib Gogh VAULT system – a world first tested with a life preserver meeting the future PPE compatibility protocols also meeting STANAG 2895
The Poseidon Kronos boasts a unique technology called Damage Resistant Technology – if you stab the LPU with an edged weapon through-and-through, it will still inflate fully.
If a maritime police officer are shot through the LPU and falls over board, the LPU will still inflate fully and make sure the officer keeps his head above water and safe from drowning until he is recovered.
In addition, the Poseidon Kronos offers 306N of buoyancy, FR materials (FAR 25.853), inflation redundancy, ISO12402 In-water Performance and TSO-C13g compliance conformant with a Human Test Subject of a fully kitted combat solder in full body armor and load bearing vest, plus 55kg loaded to the chest region of the test subject, with Independent NATA Lab certified testing.
The ability to shoulder the weapon with the Inflation cells in the packed format and fully inflated ensures the combat soldier is not compromised in his/her combat duties.
For enquiries contact Fenris Consult at info@fenrisconsult.com
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Rheinmetall and Intracom Defense of Greece have agreed to cooperate closely in the field of vehicle-based C4I systems.
The two companies will coordinate their activities for joint development and marketing of a vehicle-based C4I system to jointly address the needs of their domestic and international markets. Both partners complement each other in ideal fashion: while Rheinmetall Electronics concentrates on command and communication systems for communication between vehicles and the chain of command, Intracom Defense is a globally acknowledged specialist for intercom systems that enable crewmembers to communicate with each other.
In concrete terms, cooperation will centre on combining Rheinmetall’s TacNet tactical management system and expertise in soldier systems and C4ISTAR applications with Intracom Defense’s WiSPRevo communication and information system and longstanding experience in the field of vehicle communications.
Under the cooperation agreement, Rheinmetall and Intracom Defense will pool their technological, production and commercial capabilities to produce operationally excellent, user-friendly, cost-efficient C4I solutions for military vehicles – invariably geared to the needs of the customer.
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Switzerland’s Alig Industries offers the Beerdolier which is naturally, a bandoleer for your beer. Designed to accept what we would consider “tall boys” here in the US, the individual beers are held in place with a flap.
The Beerdolier can be worn cross body in the traditional manner or as a belt, around the waist.
Offered in Black, Ranger Green, Coyote, Wolf Grey, MultiCam, MultiCam Black and Woodland.
