FirstSpear Friday Focus: Laserframe Pistol Double Magazine Pocket Light, tough, and brutally simple — the LaserFrame Pistol Double Magazine Pocket carries two double-stack pistol mags (most 9mm through .45 ACP) without getting in your way. The low-profile flap with Hook/Loop locks magazines in place but rips open fast when you need a reload. Built with…
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Sept. 11, 2025) — The Army recently awarded $65.5 million in delivery orders Sept. 11, 2025, to Hardwire LLC and Leading Technology Composites, Inc., for the production of 72,179 Lightweight Small Arms Protective Inserts (LSAPI). The awards mark the official start of production for LSAPI, the newest component of the Soldier Protection…
Delivering adaptive and resilient communications SAN DIEGO – September 23, 2025 – Cubic Defense’s, Secure Communications business unit, a leading provider in secure communications has been awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory to advance Halo, a multi-link, multi-band, multi-orbit hybrid SATCOM antenna. The contract will run through July 22, 2027, with…
Watertown, WI – September 22, 2025 – It has long been Griffin Armament’s belief that the ideal AR-15 should have 2 simple modes – Normal and Suppressed – affording a K.I.S.S. concept optimization for use with and without suppressors, easily adjustable by tool-less means or with a tool any sportshooter or rifleman has such as…
Ultra-Compact, Multi-Fuel Flashlight with 185° Tilting Head, Mounting Options, and a User-Configurable LED Option EAGLEVILLE, PA, August 26, 2025 – Streamlight® Inc., a leading provider of high-performance lighting, announced the launch of the Sidewinder Compact® III, an ultra compact, high-performance, multi-fuel flashlight with multiple LED sources. This light is engineered to meet a variety of…
We love to see the diversity of backgrounds and military/first responder pedigrees of the various brands we cover in the column. But this particular installment of Veteran Vices represents all four branches of the military, as well as the U.S. Intelligence Community — the latter being a first for this column. The founders of Four…
Brookwood Stocking 70D Polyester in MultiCam Alpine Brookwood Introduces IN-STOCK Flite™ 50 x 70D Polyester in MultiCam® Alpine for Winter 2025Brookwood is expanding its in-stock offerings with the launch of Flite™ 50 x 70D lightweight polyester fabric printed in MultiCam® Alpine, available now and ready to ship. Engineered for performance in cold-weather environments, Flite™ delivers…
Now Available: Reptilia ROF – Diving Board – 30MM A DoD-Requested Solution, Built for Strength and Precision HILLSBOROUGH, NC – September 25, 2025. Reptilia® is proud to announce the release of the ROF™ – Diving Board – 30MM, expanding the proven ROF platform to support 30mm optics. Originally designed at the request of a U.S.…
In early 2025 I wrote a piece covering conceal carry while baby wearing. Due to baby Primer Peak being just a few months old, they were exclusively worn on the front of our bodies for their safety. Now that baby is older, they’re finding themselves strapped to our backs more often than not! This means…
Zulu Origin – LODEout Add this to the list of cool stuff I saw at DSEI. LODEout is Zulu Origin’s magnet based attachment system and I got a chance to check it out in the Edgar Brothers stand during the recent DSEI in London. Zulu Origin is itself an interesting story. Several Veterans of various…