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UNITY Tactical Announces FAST COG Series Mount

December 23rd, 2021

UNITY Tactical is proud to announce the next addition to the FAST Optic Lineup. The FAST COG Series Mount is designed to work with the Trijicon ACOG and VCOG series of magnified optics. These scopes have a storied history of service with War fighters, Peacekeepers, and Patriots.

Our new FAST COG Series Mount is designed to bring these optics up to gunfighting height. Like all FAST mounts, the FAST COG Series Mount raises the optic up to a height more conducive to use while wearing plate carriers, helmets, and communication headsets. It places the optical centerline at 2.05” above the rail.

Just like the FAST LPVO Series Mounts, the FAST COG Series accepts the full FAST Offset Accessory Mount suite. This allows users to securely bolt a miniature red dot at a 35 degree angle off the side for rapid transitions. The Offset Accessory Mount suite places mini red dots at the same 2.05” above the rail as the FAST COG Series Mount. The COG Series Mount has two mounting positions for the FAST Offset Optic Base.

Interface: Trijicon VCOG/ACOG Footprint

Height: 2.05” to Optical Center Line

BUIS: Optional Offset Rear BUIS

Rail Mount: 3 Cross Bolt Rail Grabber

Material: 7075 T6 Aluminum

Coating: Type III Hardcoat Anodized

Dimensions: 3.65”(L) x 1.22”(W) x 1.05”(H)

Weight: 2.9 oz.

The FAST COG series is available in Black and FDE at UNITY dealers and at www.unitytactical.com.

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Black Ops Edition Deck from Quick Draw Card Co

December 23rd, 2021

New to Kickstarter is the Black Ops Edition playing card deck from Quick Draw Card Co which will feature SOF units from around the world.

The company was founded in 2019 by two Former British Royal Marines Commandos and these guys make some amazing artwork so be sure to check them out.

Here’s an example of what you’ll find in the deck.

The four Aces:
– Special Air Service
– Special Boat Service
– Navy SEALs
– Delta

Back it at www.kickstarter.com/projects/quickdrawcardco/quick-draw-card-co-black-ops-edition-playing-cards.

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New – The Velocity Systems Lower Abdomen Pouch

December 23rd, 2021

The Velocity Systems Lower Abdomen Pouch was designed for additional load carriage in the abdominal area below the front plate bag with optional soft armor protection (please email info@velsyst.com for information pertaining to lower abdomen soft armor). It attaches by inserting the integrated Velcro® panel into the plate carrier’s inner plate pocket. The pouch features an optional soft armor pocket, internal Velcro® panel for organization (flashbangs, 40mm grenades etc.), an exterior horizontal zippered pouch for smaller items, and a Velcro® loop panel on the front to attach markers, chemlights, and med indicators. The shape of the Lower Abdomen Pouch was developed to allow for unhindered movement. The integrated Velcro® attachment panel gives the operator the flexibility to deploy abdomen protection only when it is needed and gives the user the ability to adjust the pouches position for proper placement. The Lower Abdominal Pouch comes in one standard size. All hook and loop material used is color matching Velcro® Brand Fasteners. All materials and workmanship are 100% made in the USA.

www.velsyst.com

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Photo Of The USAF’s Maintainer Duty Uniform

December 23rd, 2021

We finally got ahold of photos of the new Maintainer Duty Uniform. You may recall that it was mentioned in the recent update to AFI 36-2903.

Maintenance Duty Uniform (MDU). Commanders of Airmen in these AFSCs, 2A, 2F, 2G, 2M, 2P, 2S, 2T, 2W, 3E, 3D, and 1P may authorize Airmen to wear the sage MDU. The sage color MDU will be unit funded as organizational clothing and equipment. MDU will be worn with nametape, service tape and rank along with the higher headquarters patch on the left sleeve and a subdued U.S. flag and organizational patch on the right sleeve. Note: Duty identifiers, as applicable may be worn on the left sleeve. The coyote brown t-shirt, OCP patrol or tactical cap, coyote brown or green socks, and coyote brown boots, are worn with the uniform. The MDU will not be utilized for office work environments, non-industrial or non- labor tasking. The MDU is authorized for wear when transiting from home to duty location, off base short convenience stops, eating at restaurants where people wear comparable civilian attire and all locations on installations. It must be worn in serviceable condition. Do not wear off base to eat in restaurants where most diners wear business attire or at establishments that operate primarily to serve alcohol. Local coverall variants are still authorized but only in work centers and on the flight line.

We’re guessing the choice of Sage Green was to control costs as solid color fabric is less expensive than a print and to help blend in a bit better with Ops’ flights suits.

At any rate, word on the street is that maintainers would prefer something nicer, like the two-piece work uniforms worn by MX for flight demonstration teams.

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505th Command and Control Wing: Accelerating and Advancing Command and Control

December 23rd, 2021

The 505th CCW held a wing-wide workgroup to provide updates on upcoming major changes to 505th exercises and syllabi. The workgroup was advised by several U.S. Air Force senior mentors, including Lt. Gen. (ret) Russell Handy and Lt. Gen. (ret) Jeffrey Lofgren, who provided critical insights into how the wing can accelerate change.

Col. Frederick Coleman, 505th CCW commander, told his squadron and group commanders, “There are a lot of things in the operational C2 enterprise that we don’t control. But we own training, and if we want to enable the air component commanders to fight and win our nations wars, we have to get training right.”

Col. Coleman directed changes to the Air Operations Center initial qualification syllabus to ensure training includes academics on new and emerging systems; he directed the consolidation of AOC and Air Force Forces courses into a single air component course; and he gave guidance on changes to the 505th’s BLUE FLAG and VIRTUAL FLAG exercises to ensure they were more customer-focused and geared towards Agile Combat, or ACE, and resiliency requirements.

Coleman continued, “The 505th CCW has the Air Force’s largest pool of operational C2 subject matter experts. We have to leverage the knowledge and expertise in this wing to enable our warfighters.”

By Deb Henley

505th Command and Control Wing

Public Affairs

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Squatch Survival Gear Mothman Giveaway

December 22nd, 2021

Squatch Survival Gear is holding a giveaway on Instagram. You can win a Mothman pack in one of four colors:

Blackout Camo prym1camo
Woodland Camo prym1camo
Black
Coyote

Visit www.instagram.com.

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Draper Inventors Honored for Antenna Designed to Evade Detection

December 22nd, 2021

CAMBRIDGE, MA—December 20, 2021—Draper has earned an award for its patent of an antenna technology that shows promise for improving reception and evading detection in locations where signal complexity might be a problem. Military units may benefit when the antenna is installed in their communication devices.

The achievement was recognized by the Boston Patent Law Association at its 11th Annual Invented Here! event Nov. 12, 2021.

Antennas can, of course, be designed to receive and transmit a range of signals, including GPS, cellphone and Wi-Fi. Making signals difficult to detect is desirable in many military contexts, such as stealth aircraft. But devising an invisibility cloak isn’t easy for antennas used for typical military uses, such as beacons and radar systems.

A major challenge for designing any antenna is the noisy and complex environments it might encounter. Military antennas, for instance, interact with multiple frequencies, which requires multiple layers of protection for the antennas and their signals to remain undetected. The result can be an antenna wrapped in a protective layer, called a radome, which can be “expensive, complex and time-consuming” to design, build and maintain, according to the patent.

Draper addressed the challenge of unwanted signal detection by devising a scheme for antennas of various types that can be tuned by adjusting the frequency selective surfaces, or FSS. FSS is a thin, repetitive surface designed to reflect, transmit or absorb electromagnetic fields based on the frequency of the field.

Engineers at Draper designed the antenna to dampen or hide its presence without impacting its effectiveness. They did so by developing an FSS that has the ability to automatically change how the FSS resonates to an incoming radar signal without degrading signal reception to the antenna. The result is a lower radar signature of the antenna. If a different radar frequency needs to be mitigated against, then the tunable FSS which is embedded in the antenna element can be tuned to the new radar frequency without degrading the performance of the desired communications frequency.

The inventors responsible for the patent “Frequency Selective Surface Antenna Element” are Amy Duwel, John Grandfield and Jacob Treadway. The patent application was prepared and submitted by Sunstein LLP.

The Boston Patent Law Association, established in 1924, is one of the oldest associations of intellectual property lawyers and professionals in the U.S. The BPLA’s Invented Here! award highlights inventions made by New England inventors or New England companies.

www.draper.com

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Specialized Chemlight Insert from AXL Advanced

December 22nd, 2021

The Specialized Chemlight Insert is an organizational solution designed for those that carry an array of marking devices and require multiple colors and spectrums of marking devices to be secure and organized. The SCI is capable of carrying 6 x 6″ chemlights. Designed to fit in the front pocket of Crye and Patagonia pants, and the internal divider pocket of the Spiritus Systems JSTA pouch.

Offered in Black, Coyote, Ranger Green or MultiCam.

www.axladvanced.com/products/specialized-chemlight-insert

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