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It’s Back To Basics For Two SOF Entrepreneurs…
NavElite, a Palm Harbor, FL company got its beginnings in October of 2010 when two former SOF operators decided to reinvent the wrist magnetic compass. Their experience in Afghanistan and Iraq highlighted the need for a … Continue reading
Posted in Nav Aids, Sniper Systems and Tools, SOFIC 2012, Soldier Systems
Tagged BLMC, camp, compass, Florida, geocache, hike, hunting, magnetic, NavElite, Palm Harbor, wrist
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SOFIC 2012 / ISOF 2012 – STI’s PARASIM®
Systems Technology, Inc., hereafter referred to as STI, is based in Hawthorne, CA. The firm is 100% employee owned founded in 1957 as a small R&D company devoted to the study of the behavior of dynamic systems, including ground and aerospace vehicles, … Continue reading
SOFIC 2012 / ISOF 2012 Day Two
Posted in SOFIC 2012
Tagged BAE, boat, iRobot, ISOF, LMG, machine gun, OASYS, Riverhawk, Robot, Simunition, SkeetIR, SOFIC
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SOFIC 2012 / ISOF 2012 – STS AN/PVS-21 LPNVG
Spent some time with the folks from the O’Gara Company checking out the STS AN/PVS-21 LPNVG (Low Profile Night Vision Goggle), a rather impressive piece of technology. The obvious is of course its compactness, especially when compared to an AN/PVS-14. The LPNVG … Continue reading
Posted in Night Vision Technology, SOFIC 2012
Tagged AN/PVS-21, fusion, Image, image intensified, LPNVG, O'Gara, STS
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SOFIC 2012 / ISOF 2012 – LWRC M6A2-PSD 300 Blackout
LWRC International is a pioneer in the development of short-stroke gas piston operating systems for the AR15 / M16 platform; the company is also one of the competitors in the U.S. Army’s carbine competition. LWRC carbines are considered to be some of … Continue reading
Posted in SOFIC 2012, Weapon systems
Tagged 300 Blackout, 6.8 SPC, carbine, International, ISOF, LWRC, SOFIC
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SOFIC 2012 / ISOF 2012 – BAE Systems Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS®)
I admit to having a fond place in my heart for BAE Systems; it’s rare to find a company of its size with as much creativity and entrepreneurship. The Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System or APKWS is but one example … Continue reading
Posted in SOFIC 2012, Uncategorized, Weapon systems
Tagged APKWS, BAE, helicopter, Hellfire, laser, rocket, warhead
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SOFIC 2012 / ISOF 2012 – SpotterRF Makes Its Debut
SpotterRF is a one-of-a-kind item in that it is the only surveillance radar in existence that will fit in a backpack. SoptterRF weighs a mere 3 pounds for the M80 and 4 pounds for the larger M600C model. The radar operates in … Continue reading
SOFIC 2012 / ISOF 2012 Day Two – Navy SOC-Rs Make Their Exit After Successful Raid
Note, the dummy on his bass boat who nearly gets run over…
SOFIC 2012 / ISOF 2012 PROTECTOR Remote Controlled Weapon Station – Vulgar Display Of Firepower!
Posted in SOFIC 2012
Tagged PROTECTOR, RCWS, REMOTE CONTROLLED, weapon station
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For 7th Year In A Row, Glock Inc. Donates $100,000 To The Special Operations Warrior Foundation
SOFIC 2012, Tampa, Fl., 23 May 2012 – It was my pleasure to witness yet another example of generosity from Glock Inc. Today, they donated $100,000 to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. The donation is an annual event now in … Continue reading
Posted in SOFIC 2012
Tagged Glock, Glock Inc., Special Operations Warrior Foundation
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SOFIC 2012 / ISOF 2012 Day Three – Recon Scout XT
Over the last several years, application of robotics in tactical and EOD situations has grown exponentially. The Recon Scout XT, manufactured by Recon Robotics™, is by a large margin the most widely accepted and cost effective tactical robot available to military and law … Continue reading
Posted in Robotics, SOFIC 2012
Tagged Recon, Recon Scout, robotics, robots, SWAT, tactical
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SOFIC 2012 / ISOF 2012 Special Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Exploitation
One of a number of areas of high interest for USSOCOM is Special Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Exploitation (SRSE pronounced ser-see). The portfolios encompass sensors, force protection, forensics, biometrics, collection, dissemination and a variety of other disciplines, and their supporting technologies. It is … Continue reading
Posted in SOFIC 2012
Tagged exploitation, reconnaissance, SRSE, surveillance, USSOCOM
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SOFIC 2012 / ISOF 2012 Day Two – USASOF Demonstrates Waterborne Insertion
Posted in SOFIC 2012
Tagged Chinook, ISOF, USASOF, USSOCOM
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SOFIC 2012 / ISOF 2012 Day Two – Blackhawk Exfiltration
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Tagged Blackhawk, ISOF, SOF, SOFIC 2012, USSOCOM
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SOFIC 2012 / ISOF 2012 Day Two
Black Hawk infiltrates team to destroy a barge with C4 charges…
Posted in SOFIC 2012
Tagged Blackhawk, helicopter, infiltrate, ISOF, NDIA, SOF, SOFIC, Tampa, USSOCOM
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SOFIC 2012 / ISOF 2012 Day Two
International Special Operating Force put on an excellent demonstration simulating an assault on several key targets in the channel between Davis Island and Harbour Island. More to come…
Posted in SOFIC 2012
Tagged CV-22, ISOF, Osprey, SOF, SOFIC 2012, Tampa, USSOCOM
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SOFIC 2012 and ISOF 2012 Kicks Off In Tampa, FL
NDIA’s SOFIC 2012 and ISOF 2012 kicked off today, at Tampa’s Convention Center, for what is sure to be another great conference. Representatives from the Defense Industry, and members of the Special Operating Force Community were on had to exchange … Continue reading
Posted in SOFIC 2012
Tagged Clinton, Hillary, Secretary of State, SOFIC 2012, Tampa
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