Nanuk cases are made in Canada and available for a wide variety of applications. There are waterproof models, versions with wheels, and myriad shapes and sizes. What I really like is their PowerClaw latch which is a easy to use.
OpEx 21 – Woolly Pully
October 5th, 2021I’m told the venerable Woolly Pully is featured in the upcoming Bond movie and demand is once again up. I’ve always loved them, having received my first sweater, a child’s version of the RAF issue sweater, from my dad when I was a kid which he purchased from a NAAFI during a TDY to the UK in the late 70s. Since then, I’ve owned a few of these so-called Commando Sweaters. Some were purchased and the others traded for, but always fond memories.
Parabellum Prime has the real deal from their British manufacturer. These are the same wool models you’ll remember, in Black, Green and Grey.
OpEx 21 – SAM Medical ChitoSAM100
October 5th, 2021
ChitoSAM100 is a hemostatic, non-woven dressing spun directly from chitosan. The packaging features multiple notches for quick opening when you need the bandage.
SAM’s product offers both immediate availability and competitive cost in relation to others on the market.
It’s offered in three packages:
3×6 Z-fold
3×4 Z-fold
4×4 Single-ply
www.sammedical.com/products/chitosam-100
OpEx 21 – Hudson Supplies
October 5th, 2021Hudson Supplies has affirmed their position as distributor of various buckles and findings as well as the popular FASTmag. If you’re in the Canadian Forces, you’ll see their packaging in the CanEx.
Look an expanded presence in the US before the year is out.
AUSA 2021: SMART SHOOTER to Present its SMASH Fire Control Systems, and Announce a New Contract with the US Marine Corps
October 5th, 2021The US Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory has recently purchased the SMASH 2000 Fire Control System for counter UAS purposes
AUSA 2021, Stand 4418
[October 2021]: SMART SHOOTER, a world-class designer, developer, and manufacturer of innovative fire control systems that significantly increase the accuracy and lethality of small arms, will present its SMASH family of solutions at the AUSA Exhibition in Washington DC, USA. Towards the exhibition, the company announces that the United States Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, through its Rapid Capabilities Office (MCRCO), has recently purchased several SMASH 2000 systems for Test & Evaluation. The systems will be delivered this Fall.
The company has also signed a cooperative research & development agreement with US Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane). Under this agreement, the US Navy will evaluate the use of SMASH technology on ships and vessels for Counter-UAS purposes. This collaboration aims to perform joint integration and evaluation of Smart Shooter’s technology with weapons and ammunition currently supporting the US Navy’s mission. With an increased hit probability for small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) and increased engagement range, Smart Shooter’s SMASH technology has demonstrated the potential to increase the Navy’s ability to engage sUAS at the individual level – using existing weapons and ammunition in inventory.
Michal Mor, SMART SHOOTER CEO: We are honored to announce that the US Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory and NSWC Crane have chosen our technology to better protect against the ever-growing drone threat at land and sea. Featuring built-in targeting algorithms that can track and hit even very small drones, SMASH fire control systems put a precision anti-drone capability at the fingertips of its users, and we are happy to present our innovative solutions at the AUSA exhibition.”
SMASH Fire Control System (FCS) is an external add-on solution that can be integrated into any type of military rifle. Once the user identifies the target (independently or using the detection system guidance) and locks on it, SMASH tracks its movements and synchronizes the shot release to assure a fast and precise hit on the target. SMASH can be operated as a stand-alone solution as well as combined with other systems to provide an effective multi-layer defense solution.
Smart Shooter will present the SMASH 2000 as well as the SMASH Hopper Remote-Controlled Weapon Station (RCWS) and other members of the SMASH family of FCS at the AUSA exhibition, stand 4418.
TMS Tuesday – Diesel: K9 Simulator
October 5th, 2021
K9s faithfully serve along side us in the military and on law enforcement teams, so it is our responsibility to be ready to help them in the case of an emergency. TacMed’s two K9 simulators, K9 Diesel and K9 Hero, are advanced full-body K9 simulators that serves as a skills trainer by simulating active breathing, audio queues, and over 28 different features and medical intervention sites.
It has adjustable breathing, interchangeable limbs, audio, pulse, full anatomical skeletal motion, and bleeding junctional wounds. It can serve to help train in IV insertion, intubation, amputation scenarios, paw lacerations, CPR, bloat, needle decompression, wound packing, and more!
It is currently used by trainers, veterinarians, military handlers, and K9 first responders. Get yourself trained and ready for a K9 emergency.
Check it out: K9 DIESEL – TacMed Solutions
Kessel Run’s C2IMERA Used During Afghan Evacuation
October 5th, 2021BOSTON (AFNS) —
Kessel Run’s C2IMERA application was used in support of the recent Noncombatant Evacuation Operation in Afghanistan.
C2IMERA, which stands for Command and Control Incident Management Emergency Response Application, is an application focused on reporting, planning, force generation, emergency management, and command and control monitoring and execution. The capability is developed by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Detachment 12, also known as Kessel Run, which is a software development and acquisitions unit.
The C2IMERA team with their industry partners from Leidos, who execute software development of the application, were able to understand the rapidly-changing requirements and iterate on the application, in real time, in order to meet real world operational needs, during the evacuation operation.
“The safe transit of more than 124,000 Americans and U.S. personnel, allies and partners, and Afghans at special risk from Kabul in the last two weeks of August was an extraordinary effort professionally carried out by (Air Mobility Command) and (U.S. Air Forces Central), coalition, and joint force Airmen,” said Lt. Gen. Greg Guillot, Ninth Air Force (AFCENT) commander. “Kessel Run’s C2IMERA application served as a reliable, adaptable tool as we planned and executed this complex, historic operation.”
Kessel Run was able to update the C2IMERA software in a four-day period; enabling real-time, theater-wide awareness of key logistics and NEO support information. This provided aggregated views of base level data for decision making, and understanding of the operational environment. These abilities were delivered to AFCENT, and encompassed more than 650 new user accounts.
“Prior to the capability request, AFCENT and their installations were relying on typical manual processes like Excel spreadsheets — which works in many cases — but is inefficient and does not provide ability for distributed access, data aggregation, or visualization capabilities,” said Capt. Maurice Morrell, program manager for the C2IMERA team with Kessel Run. “Kessel Run’s C2IMERA team was able to modernize and update the software for theater and installation systems, providing an effective tactical to operational C2 bridge, as the operation was happening in real time.”
During this period, an AFCENT location had an incident that affected a base’s local flying operations. The Combined Air and Space Operations Center used C2IMERA and further showcased its use beyond the NEO by being able to receive automated alerts of the local incident and response.
“The AFCENT Crisis Action Team was able to coordinate aircraft diversion in near real-time without traditional manual reporting processes, saving untold time in response and man hours,” Morrell said.
The event transpired within the same month Gen. Mark D. Kelly, commander of Air Combat Command, directed Kessel Run’s C2IMERA be used across all ACC’s installations.
C2IMERA is used in more than 40 Air Force installations, with another 20 installations scheduled to onboard the capability before the end of the year. It is a wing command and control, or C2, capability used to provide an integrated composite picture of installation resources.
The application uses a common operating picture and dashboarding capabilities as communication tools, which consolidates and shares information for leaders, and boasts a plethora of features to provide C2 capabilities. These tools are customizable and optimized based on the individual needs of the installation and also focus on updating and communicating data in real time to give commanders a constant picture of their installations, environment, assets and personnel.
That information is also viewable to whatever Air Force major command oversees the installation, thereby enabling it to view detailed aspects of each of its installations in real time.
“Kessel Run’s products are operational and impacting our warfighters abilities today,” said Col. Brian Beachkofski, Kessel Run commander. “Using DevSecOps (development, security, operations) we were able to iterate on C2IMERA in real time, to meet the operational needs of a user. This showcases just how fast we can deliver software solutions warfighters love.”
By Richard Blumenstein, Kessel Run Public Affairs
Space Force, Purdue Partner on STEM Education, Innovation
October 4th, 2021WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind — The Space Force established an agreement with Purdue University Sept. 29, making Purdue the latest entrant into the Space Force’s University Partnership Program.
Purdue President Mitch Daniels and Gen, David D. “DT” Thompson, USSF vice chief of space operations, signed a memorandum of agreement in Hovde Hall on the Purdue campus.
“For quite some time, Purdue’s involvement in space has expanded far beyond our distinguished history of astronauts,” Daniels said. “Our partnership with the Space Force provides yet another example of our commitment to space exploration and national security.”
The signing was part of a two-day campus visit for Thompson, who received his master’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics from the university in 1989. Thompson said the UPP will leverage the internationally-renowned research and educational opportunities available at Purdue to take on the engineering, science and technology issues facing the Space Force.
“As someone who has personally benefited from the caliber of education Purdue provides, I am excited for the next generation of Guardians who will expand their knowledge and expertise through this partnership,” Thompson said. “Those Guardians must have the STEM foundation that provides a deep understanding of the space domain to conquer the challenges of today, coupled with the confidence and commitment to solve the problems we are certain to encounter in the future.”
While on campus, Thompson met with Air Force ROTC cadets training for Space Force, as well as officers in the Purdue Military Research Initiative.
Air Force Col. Ken Callahan, currently posted with Purdue’s Air Force ROTC detachment, said Purdue graduated several ROTC students directly to the Space Force this past spring and recently welcomed several new Space Force military graduate students to campus.
“These students are just one an example of the quality of education we have at Purdue,” Callahan said. “People in the Air Force know about Purdue and its expanding connection to space and the Space Force program.”
Thompson also talked with university leaders, heard from faculty at Maurice J. Zucrow Labs and took driving tours of Purdue’s Discovery Park and the Aerospace District, a university-affiliated aerospace business hub for public and private research collaborations on research and commerce.
Purdue is one of 11 universities initially selected to join the UPP. Establishing strategic partnerships with this select set of nationally-renowned universities allows the Space Force to recruit and educate a diverse, high-caliber workforce, offer opportunities to advance research in specific areas of interest, and develop a 21st century, technology-savvy military service. Research is the largest component of the program, with Purdue and other universities each having its own research component.
Purdue was selected on criteria including the quality of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) degree offerings and space-related research laboratories and initiatives; a robust ROTC program; a diverse student population; and degrees and programming designed to support military, veterans and their families in pursing higher education.
Following Wednesday’s signing, Purdue and the Space Force will begin working together to meet the program’s major goals, including establishing research assistantships, internship agreements, opportunities for Guardians to pursue advanced degrees and both ROTC and civilian scholarship programs.
By Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs
