By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com November 8, 2015 Well, it looks like yet one more Star Trek technology has made it to reality in the form of transparent aluminum, that can potentially be used to create transparent armor that will protect the future soldier/warfighter. Every Star Trek fan, your humble correspondent included, remembers the scene in Star …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image Credit: Cherries Covert Ops Apparel October 21, 2015 Last updated on 10/22/15. This is about as well-timed a products launch that DefenseReview.com (DR) has seen in awhile. DR professional/industry contact Aaron Cohen just launched a very interesting and apropos line of covert-concealment/concealed-carry (CCW) tactical clothing and gear that’s been specifically designed …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com October 13, 2015 Last updated on 10/14/15. Earlier this year, DefenseReview (DR) got a close look at the Blue Force Gear (BFG) Ten-Speed Horizon Horizontal Mag (Magazine) pouch/carrier system for 5.56mm NATO (5.56x45mm NATO)/.223 Rem. AR (AR-15/M4/M4A1) rifle mags, mounted in triple-mag-pouch configuration, on what looked like a BFG PLATEminus lo-pro/lo-vis (low-profile/low …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com September 17, 2015 Last updated on 9/19/15. DefenseReview (DR) recently mentioned some IMI Defense tactical AR rifle/carbine/SBR (Short Barreled Rifle) accessories in our recent piece on the Adams Arms AA Small-Frame .308 Patrol Battle Rifle (PBR) carbine. Well, DR writer/contributor and chief new product tester Jeff Gurwitch has been testing and evaluating …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo Credit: Berkeley Lab September 19, 2015 Here we go again with more Predator tech. Just 10 days ago, DefenseReview (DR) reported on a UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering (JSE) research team designing and developing a new adaptive camouflage/visual cloaking technology in the form of an “extremely thin dielectric metasurface …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit: University of California-San Diego (UCSD) Jacobs School of Engineering) September 9, 2015 Last updated on 9/10/15. As if armed/weaponized UAS/UAV/drone aircraft operated by law enforcement agencies on U.S. soil isn’t dystopian and scary enough, Inverse magazine just published a piece on University of California San Diego (UCSD) Jacobs School of …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com September 2, 2015 While DefenseReview (DR) was at NDIA SOFIC 2015 (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference 2015), we stopped by the Spyderco booth to check out some knives, and our eyes immediately went to the Spyderco Szabo Folder Black combat/tactical folding knife, which sports a rather large (4.60″) and intimidating Scimitar-shaped curved …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com August 17, 2015 Last updated on 9/28/15. DefenseReview (DR) writer/contributor Jeff Gurwitch recently sent us an interesting video of himself shooting a 1.52-second 2-2-2 drill (a common staple of training made popular by Kyle Lamb of Viking Tactics/VTAC) with an Adams Arms (AA) Small Frame .308 Patrol Battle Rifle (PBR) 7.62mm NATO (7.62x51mm …

The following is an IWI US press release: August 4, 2015 Harrisburg, Pa. (Aug. 2015) – IWI US, Inc., a subsidiary of Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) Ltd., announces that High Speed Gear accessories are now available for purchase on its website. “Let’s face it, when things go south or you hear a bump in the night, you’ll need your gear …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com July 31, 2015 While DefenseReview (DR) was perusing the booths at NDIA SOFIC 2015 (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference 2015), we ran into the guys at Military Hardware, and they showed us a gun lube called “Freedom Juice/Tec-Shield Elite“, which sounded interesting to us from the way USMC MSgt Rick Cover (Ret.) …