by Roger Charles
August 30, 2007
United
States Test Laboratory in Wichita, Kansas, last week (August 20) tested
nine separate, serialized Dragon Skin SOV-2000 (Level III) ballistic
body armor panels that varied in age from 5 years-9 & 1/2 months to
6 years-8 months. The purpose of this test was to validate Pinnacle
Armor’s six-year warranty for Dragon Skin products.
All
Dragon Skin [...]
By Roger Charles
August 30, 2007 (originally published on August 17, 2007)
The
Department of Justice (DOJ) has now joined the Army acquisition mafia
in attempting to deny America’s Grunts an honest chance for determining
just what is the "best-available" body armor. In a flagrant abuse of
discretionary authority, the DOJ’s Office of Justice Programs has
intervened in an unprecedented way to [...]
by David Crane
defrev at gmail.com
DefenseReview recently received a Low Profile Package Advanced Helmet Cam System (helmet camera system) from Xtreme Recall, and we’re looking forward to evaluating it. The Low Profile Package was designed and developed to allow professional shooters, tactical operators (including military Special Operations and general infantry personnel, and law enforcement SWAT [...]
by David Crane
defrev at gmail.com
All photographic images contained in this
article were taken by DefenseReview.com, and they are the exclusive
property of DefenseReview.com. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on
these photos. All photos were shot with a 7.2-megapixel Sony Cyber-shot
digital camera (Model #: DSC-P150).
Article updated on 1/09/08.
August 21, 2007
These days, when it comes to thermal/IR (Infrared) and night [...]
by David Crane
defrev at gmail.com
This article may be modified/updated with new information in the coming days, so readers might want to check back in (to this article) over the next week.
August 15, 2007
In late February 2006, DefenseReview broke the story on a developmental (but functional) prototype remote-controlled armed/weaponized semi-autonomous/fully-autonomous unmanned mini-helicopter called the AutoCopter Gunship, [...]
The following is a Calico Light Weapon Systems (CLWS) press release:
August 8, 2007
Calico Light Weapon Systems (CLWS) is currently in full production mode building its revolutionary and proprietary “Legacy Design” high-capacity, helical-feed 9mm and .22 cal. select-fire submachine guns and semi-auto-only carbines, SBRs (Short-Barreled Rifles) and pistols. The helical-feed magazine feature makes these Calico [...]
by David Crane
david at defensereview.com
Covert surveillance and counter-surveillance technology technologies are an important component in the global war on terror. In in order to keep up with these technologies, DefenseReview reads a number of web and print publications that deal with this high-tech security technology sector. One of the print publications we read [...]
