by David Crane
david at defensereview.com
This is just a quick heads-up on the ShieldShot Tactical Mirror Sight/BUIS for around-the-corner engagements. It’s made by ShieldShot, Ltd. out of Austin, Texas.
The sight is designed so even the operator’s hands stay behind cover while he aims and shoots. The ShieldShot Tactical Mirror/BUIS also allows [...]
by David Crane
david at defensereview.com
DefenseReview readers may remember that we wrote about the Smith & Wesson M&P pistol (standard-size 9mm/.40 S&W version) back in 2005. Well, DefenseReview recently got to handle the brand new Smith & Wesson M&P45 (S&W M&P45) .45 ACP pistol at SHOT Show 2007, which looks like a winner, provided it [...]
By Bill Campbell
Whenever teaching traditional long gun stances, most firearms instructors stress four points of contact in the grip while presenting a long gun such as a rifle, shotgun or sub-gun. The traditional four points are: Primary hand at the grip, Support hand on the fore-end, Butt-stock in the toe of the primary shoulder and [...]
by David Crane
david at defensereview.com
A company called Augusta Systems Inc. has an interesting advanced area-denial /perimeter security / structural security system called ThreatViewer that’s perhaps worth discussing, briefly. The key to ThreatViewer is integration, which is apparently Augusta Systems’ specialty. A software suite called SensorBridge does the actual integration. It integrates a [...]
by David Crane
david at defensereview.com
The SmartCheck Personnel Screening System, manufactured by American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E) has been getting a lot of press, lately. SmartCheck is a high-tech airport security system / anti-terrorism system that utilizes a patented technology called Z Backscatter, which is based on the X-Ray Compton Scattering effect. The [...]
by David Crane
david at defensereview.com
DefenseReview recently received the latest document on the invisibility cloaking technology (i.e. adaptive camouflage a.k.a. electro-optical camouflage a.k.a. optical camouflage a.k.a. active camouflage a.k.a. optoelectronic adaptive camouflage a.k.a. chameleonic camouflage) being developed by Advanced American Enterprises (AAE). The AAE Stealth Technology System (STS) comes in two versions. The first, [...]
by David Crane
david at defensereview.com
At the tail end of SHOT Show 2007, DefenseReview ran into a member of
the MagPul staff walking around the law enforcement section with a
mock-up of another weapon (small arm) that MagPul is developing.
When I saw it, I was immediately intrigued, and…
began questioning the the MagPul staff member about it. [...]
The following is an TEA press release on the Invisio Bone Mic tactical communications headset / earpiece:
A report from Baghdad on Invisio Bone Mic Headset:
I live and work in the "Red Zone" of Baghdad, Iraq on a high threat
protective security detail. I began searching for a new headset after
a last minute change to our [...]
The following is a Robotic FX, Inc. press release:
Robotic FX Negotiator Tactical Surveillance Robot Gets Endorsed by Corrections Special Operations Community
Worth, IL – Robotic FX, Inc. has unveiled its Negotiator Tactical Surveillance
Robot – the first low-cost robotic system [unmanned ground vehicle (UGV)] designed to help first-responders make informed decisions from a safe distance.
Robotic FX, Inc. [...]
by David Crane
david at defensereview.com
By now, everyone who hasn’t been living under a rock in the middle of the Sahara desert (or similar-type isolated location) has heard about China’s supposedly successful anti-satellite shoot-to-kill missile test that has the West, including the U.S., "up in arms" (excuse the pun) about the safety of our military and [...]
