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Will TALOS (Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit)-Outfitted Future Soldiers Get Lightweight Abalone Shell-Based Flexible Scalar Biomimetic Metal Foam, Carbyne (Linear Acetylenic Carbon) and/or Multilayer Graphene Ballistic Armor Composites?

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: NewAtlas.com and UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering October 11, 2016 DefenseReview (DR) has been writing about TALOS (Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit)-related technologies lately, but we haven’t yet addressed the combat body armor component, yet. It would seem possible that abalone shell-based lightweight metal foam, flexible scalar biomimetic …

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London Bridge Trading (LBT) LBX Tactical Assaulter Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) Combat Shirt and Combat Pant in HyperStealth Caiman Digital Combat Camo (Camouflage) Pattern! (Video!)

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com September 29, 2016 LBX Tactical, a division (or subsidiary) of London Bridge Trading Inc. (LBT), showed a very interesting BDU (Battle Dress Uniform) consisting of the LBX-0080A-CAIMAN Assaulter Camouflage Combat Shirt and LBX-0081A-CAIMAN Assaulter Camouflage Combat Pant. Both products featured the HyperStealth Caiman foliage green/arid digital combat camo (camouflage) pattern by HyperStealth …

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Chinese Single-Photon Quantum Radar Makes the Invisible Visible, and U.S. Military Low-Observable/Stealth Aircraft Very Observable, Supposedly. Oh, My.

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit: ExtremeTech.com September 23, 2016 Last updated on 9/23/16. As if Chinese martial/military-application technologies like their new “ultra-thin”, lightweight “tunable” UHF microwave radar-absorbing stealth material cloaking technology for manned and unmanned combat aircraft and warships and “hack-proof quantum satellite” aren’t enough to worry about, the Chinese, busy little Asian beavers that …

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Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) + FlyBoard Air Ducted-Fan Hoverboard = Flying Super Soldiers: Future Military Special Operations Forces (SOF) Assaulters/Operators to Fly Themselves to the Target in Exo-Armor ‘Iron Man’-Type Combat Suits?

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com September 21, 2016 Last updated on 10/09/16. DefenseReview (DR) first reported on the TALOS (Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit) Exo-Armor Combat Suit program in October, 2013, and while we were healthily skeptical about it, we were also cautiously optimistic, as is our way. Cut to the present, and the TALOS program is …

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5.11 Tactical Women’s Cirrus Pants Combat/Tactical Pants for Female LEO’s (Law Enforcement Officers), Civilian CCW’s and Tactically-Minded Women! (Video!)

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com September 16, 2016 Last updated on 9/16/16. So, let’s say you really like the 5.11 Tactical Ridgeline Pant lo-pro/lo-vis combat/tactical pants DefenseReview (DR) just reported on, but you can’t wear them, because you’re a woman. Well, despair not, because 5.11 has just the pants for you–the 5.11 Tactical Women’s Cirrus Pants. The …

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5.11 Tactical Men’s Ridgeline Pant Lo-Pro Lo-Vis (Low-Profile Low-Visibility) Combat/Tactical Pants for Covert Ops, Concealed Carry (CCW), and Casual Wear Applications! (Video!)

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com September 14, 2016 Last updated on 9/16/16. 5.11 Tactical’s really been killing it lately with their combat/tactical clothing, lately, and that’s especially true with their pants. DefenseReview’s (DR) current favorite is the 5.11 Tactical Men’s Ridgeline Pant lo-pro/lo-vis (low-profile/low-visibility) combat/tactical pants for covert ops, concealed carry (CCW), and casual wear applications. We’ve …

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Tactical Revolution Rapid Barrel Change Rail System (RBCRS): Mount Your Laser Aimer/Laser Aiming Device on Machine Guns and other Crew-Served Weapons, and Keep that Laser Zeroed! (Video!)

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com September 7, 2016 If you’re planning on running an IR (InfraRed) laser aimer/laser aiming device on a crew-served weapon, including a medium machine gun/general purpose machine gun (MMG/GPMG) or heavy machine gun (HMG) with a quick-change barrel (QCB) system–and frankly, why wouldn’t you (run an IR laser AND a QCB system)?–then this …

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Bravo Concealment BCA Light Bearing Gun Holster and Mag Carrier/Pouches for Covert Missions/Operations and Civilian Concealed Carry (CCW) Applications: Best Combat/Tactical-Kydex Bang for the Buck! (Video!)

By Jeff Gurwitch September 2, 2016 Last updated on 9/02/16. I’ll admit it, up until very recently, when it came to kydex holsters, I was a Raven Concealment guy all the way. After all, Raven Concealment Systems was the first company that really seemed to take the market by storm with their great designs (particularly the Phantom Modular Holster series), …

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Kinetic Development Group KDG Tactical Weapons (Rifle/Carbine/SBR) Accessories for the FN SCAR Family of Weapons: Major Modular M-LOK Madness! (Video!)

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com August 19, 2016 Speaking of FN SCAR-related accessories/products, we should probably also mention the very interesting ans seemingly very high-quality, highly-functional Kinetic Development Group (KDG) combat/tactical weapons accessories for the FN SCAR family of weapons, which we came across while walking the floor at SHOT Show 2016. We here at DR are …

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Handl Defense Modular Aftermarket FN SCAR (MK-16 and MK-17) Weapon Caliber Conversions, Components and Accessories: SR-25 Mag (Magazine)-Compatible; 7.62x39mm Russian AK-47/AKM, 300 Blackout (300BLK) and .260 Remington Caliber Conversions; and Advanced Fore-Rail (AFR)Carbon Fiber M-LOK Tactical Hand Guard/Rail Systems! (Video!)

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com August 17, 2016 Last updated on 8/17/16. A company called Handl Defense out of Preston, Washington is doing some really awesome things with the FN SCAR family of weapons. Specifically, they’re making modular aftermarket FN SCAR trigger-module-and-barrel (and mag) caliber conversions and Advanced Fore-Rail (AFR) carbon fiber M-LOK tactical hand guards/rail systems …

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