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By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com December 28, 2017 Last updated on 12/29/17. As long as we’re discussing the latest and greatest Wilcox Industries laser aimer/illuminators for M4/M4A1/AR-15 Carbine/SBR’s, we should probably also touch on the Wilcox RAID (Ruggedized Aiming/Illumination Device) VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) visible/IR laser aimer/illuminator module, which Wilcox’s Travis Mitchell also showed DefenseReview …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com December 23, 2017 Last updated on 12/24/17. Earlier this year, at SHOT Show 2017 and SOFIC (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference) 2017, respectively, DefenseReview (DR) filmed some product demos on the Wilcox Industries Fusion AMP Rail powered rail system with a BOSS 300 (or, 300 BOSS) Black Out Sighting System red dot …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com December 18, 2017 DefenseReview (DR) recently received a press release on the American Clandestine Equipment (ACE) SMG9-SC high-volume lightweight, full-auto-grade 9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO SMG (Submachine Gun) silencer/sound suppressor that they developed for the CZ Scorpion Evo A1 subgun and CZ Scorpion Evo 3 S1 SBR (Short Barelled Rifle). The ACE rep we …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com December 13, 2017 Towards the end of SOFIC (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference) 2017 earlier this year, Rob Davis of Aspetto introduced DefenseReview (DR) to his next-door booth neighbor Jim Hoy of TMG (Threat Mitigation Group) Target Systems, who was kind enough to show us his very interesting steel targets for both …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: First/Top two photos (and title photo) courtesy of US Army 101st Airborne Division. The rest are provided by DR. December 8, 2017 Last updated on 12/08/17. A recent SIG SAUER press release is touting the fielding of the SIG Sauer M17/M18 MHS (Modular Handgun System) striker-fired 9mm combat/tactical pistol system, …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com December 4, 2017 Back in early 2015, DefenseReview published a piece on the Brugger and Thomet B&T AP556 5.56mm x 45mm NATO (5.56mm NATO)/.23 Remington assault rifle/carbine/SBR (Short Barreled Rifle), and it was our understanding at the time that it would eventually be offered in the USA as a semi-auto-only 5.56 carbine …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com December 1, 2017 Last updated on 12/18/17. While DefenseReview (DR) was checking out the CZ P-10 C (also written P-10C) compact striker-fired 9mm pistol at the company’s booth at SHOT Show 2017, CZ USA’s Zach Hein was kind enough to also show us the new CZ Scorpion EVO 3 S1 blowback-operated semi-auto-only …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Images Credit: Defense Strategies Institute (DSI) November 27, 2017 Back in August, DefenseReview (DR) published a quick heads-up piece on the Defense Strategies Institute’s 6th Annual Military Tactical Communications Summit, which was held in September. Well, DSI has a very interesting military SOF (Special Operations Forces) symposium coming up in early December …

By Jeff Gurwitch November 22, 2017 In search of a combat-proven, bomb-proof, red dot combat optic for your AR? Well, it just so happens what you have been looking for has been available since the mid-1990’s. No, it’s not an Aimpoint or EoTech. Instead, it’s the Israeli-made Elbit Falcon MK II Optical Gun Sight, from Elbit Computers LTD (now Elbit …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com November 19, 2017 DefenseReview (DR) has been writing about the SIG SAUER MCX series select-fire and semi-auto-only carbine/SBR’s (Short Barreled Rifles) for about four and a half years now, ever since we were the first to publish photos on all the variants (as far as we’re aware) displayed at SOFIC (Special Operations …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit: CCTV and The Washington Free Beacon November 12, 2017 The Washington Free Beacon recently published a piece on the latest Chinese military “secret hypersonic strike aircraft being developed to deliver nuclear warheads through U.S. missile defenses”, including the DF-ZF, and it’s an interesting read, albeit one to be taken with …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com November 11, 2017 DefenseReview (DR) would like to wish all of our Armed Forces veterans, and active-duty warfighters, a very happy, healthy and safe Veterans Day. We love you guys. And, as always, please be careful out there on the roads. Sincerely, DefenseReview.com (DR)

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit: Lockheed Martin November 8, 2017 DefenseReview (DR) has been discussing air-to-air laser weapons for fighter jet aircraft since late 2013, when the US Air Force put out a solicitation for “Lasers Systems for Future Air Dominance Platforms”. Well, according to a recent Daily Mail article it would appear that the …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com November 6, 2017 Back in 2016, DefenseReview (DR) reported on DryWired Defense’s NanoArmor Advanced Rifle Plates with carbon nanotube tech and protective nanocoating tech, both of which they exhibited at SOFIC (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference) 2016. However, we forgot to mention that there was one other very interesting technology they showed …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com November 1, 2017 Very few things seem to spook Russian President Vladimir Putin, so when something does, and it involves military technology, DefenseReview (DR) pays attention. On October 23, 2017, The Sun published a piece on Putin’s warning about “future sci-fi super-human soldiers more ‘destructive than nuclear bombs’ who feel no fear …