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Breaking News: Federal Lawsuit Claims Remington ACR (Adaptive Combat Rifle) Violates RDMI (Alex Robinson of Robinson Armament) Patent

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com January 15, 2010 Updated on 1/16/10 On January 4th, 2010, DefenseReview published a quick piece on the new “leaked” Remington ACR (Adaptive Combat Rifle) video. Well, something rather interesting has since occurred involving the ACR. According to RFC Express, a website covering “US Federal District Court, Recently

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Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy New Year from DefenseReview!

December 25, 2009 DefenseReview would just like to wish its members and readers a very happy and safe holiday season. We wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy New Year. Be careful driving on the roads, and don’t drink and drive. We want you to make it to 2010. We’d also like to

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U.S. Marine Corps Selects Heckler & Koch Infantry Automatic Rifle (HK IAR) Candidate as Replacement for FN M249 SAW/LMG

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com December 4, 2009 Updated on 12/15/09 Marine Times (a.k.a. Marine Corps Times) is reporting on the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) selecting the Heckler & Koch Infantry Automatic Rifle–or HK IAR, for short–to replace the FN M249 SAW/LMG (Squad Automatic Weapon/Light Machine Gun). The HK IAR is a

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Happy Veterans Day! Thank You, and Our Condolences.

November 11, 2009 Like the rest of the country, DefenseReview is in mourning over the recent killings (and woundings) at Fort Hood. We’d like to extend our deepest condolences to the families, friends, and colleagues of the victims. May God be with you during this terrible time. Defense Review would like to thank all of

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Need Affordable Quality Rifle and Pistol Ammo Right Now? Lucky Gunner Ammo (LuckyGunner.com) has Ammunition IN STOCK and Ready to Ship!

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com Every shooter out there is well aware of the dire state of the rifle and pistol ammunition supply and prices over the past year. Search terms for the article: lucky gunner coupon code, Lucky gunner coupon, lucky gunner discount code, lucky gunner review, luckygunner com discount code,

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Colt Defense Wins $126 Million ($126M) Contract to Produce M240B 7.62mm Machine Gun for U.S. Army

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com October 25, 2009 Updated on 10/26/09 Colt Defense, LLC (West Hartford, CT) recently took a little bite out of FN Herstal’s machine gun business by winning a $126,089,944.00 IDIQ U.S. Army contract for the M240B (a.k.a. M240 “Bravo”) 7.62x51mm NATO (7.62mm NATO) MMG/GPMG (Medium Machine Gun /

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UCT Arms Introduces 1911 Pistol Upgrade Kit and Offers EXO Technology Coating Service for Personal Firearms

The following is a UCT Arms/FailZero Press Release: 10/22/09 UCT Arms Introduces its FailZero 1911 Upgrade Kit and Expands its Exo Technology Coating Service to Include Consumer Firearms Stuart, Florida — UCT Arms, LLC introduces its latest product under the FailZero brand of tactical upgrades. The FailZero 1911 kits, featuring EXO-coated Caspian slides and frames,

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Cerberus’ Freedom Group Going for $200M IPO: Gorilla’s Gettin’ Bigger

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com October 21, 2009 According to a regulatory filing, Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. is planning to take Freedom Group Inc. public in a $200 million ($200M) initial public offering. Cerberus owns 94.3% of Freedom Group’s shares, according to the filing. In H1 2009, Freedom Group, which owns a

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Lasing Skulls in the Digital Age: Tactical Laser Weapons Finally Maturing for Future Warfare Applications: Meet the Boeing ATL (Advanced Tactical Laser) Airborne Laser Weapon

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com October 15, 2009 There’s a scene at the beginning of the 1985 film Real Genius showing a fictional “Crossbow Project” demonstration video of some unlucky bastard (perhaps a third-world dictator or politician?) getting instantly vaporized by a space-based laser weapon fired from a satellite. The video is

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Remington Acquires AAC (Advanced Armament Corp.): Freedom Group/Cerberus Goes Silenced/Suppressed

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com October 6, 2009 Well, it’s official, Search terms for the article: kevin brittingham, remington AAC, advanced armament corp, advanced armament, aac suppressors, kevin brittingham aac, Advanced Armament Corporation, Kevin Brittingham Advanced Armament, Lynsey Thompson AAC, silenced acr, aac remington, advanced armament remington, remington buys aac, aac kevin

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