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Modular 60L pack with front-opening access, expandable capacity, and V2 Plus Carrying System designed for extended operations. Knoxville, Tenn. (April 2026) – Tasmanian Tiger®,a tactical nylon line of products distributed exclusively for the US market by Proforce Equipment, Inc.,announces the release of the TT Base Pack 60 FO, a long-range mission backpack engineered for extended field operations and modular load management. The pack expands the brand’s Base Pack family with a 60-liter platform featuring a large front-opening design (FO) that allows quick and efficient access to equipment in the field. Designed for military, law enforcement, and professional users operating in…

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SCRANTON, Pa. — The Under Secretary of the Army, Honorable Michael Obadal, visited the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant on March 19. SCAAP is a government-owned, contractor-operated facility, and is one of 17 arsenals, depots, and ammunition plants that are subordinate installations of the Joint Munitions Command. JMC provides the conventional ammunition life?cycle functions of logistics sustainment, readiness and acquisition support for all U.S. military services, other government agencies, and allied nations, as directed. JMC is also the logistics integrator for life-cycle management of ammunition providing a global presence of technical support to frontline units. SCAAP was established in 1953, and…

NP Aerospace, the global vehicle integrator and armour manufacturer, has announced that the production line to deliver the remaining 87 Light Tactical Transport Vehicles (LTTV) to the Belgium MOD (BeMOD) is now fully operational and accelerating at pace. Following the pre-production proof of process and quality deliveries, the first significant full-production batch was accepted by the customer in February, which will now be followed by the delivery of all 87 vehicles by the end of 2026. The original LTTV programme was to deliver 199 of the Mercedes-Benz UNIMOG based vehicles to the BeMOD. In September 2024 NP announced the receipt…

TAMPA, FL – (April 1, 2026) – The U.S. Government has awarded a four-year contract to Global Military Products to take over facility management and new product development of the Army’s Quad Cities Cartridge Case Facility (QCCCF) at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill. The change in operation management will help boost predictable and sustainable workload at the facility, while expanding on the skilled workforce, equipment and production capacity critical to the nation’s defense industrial base. “The Army’s Rock Island Arsenal has been in operation for more than a century to keep our country lethal and ready, with the Quad Cities Cartridge…

Data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday revised employment numbers, reporting a decrease in February of -133,000 jobs instead of  the previously reported -92,000. Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox U.S. employers added 178,000 jobs in March, exceeding expectations, as gains in health care, construction, and transportation continued, offsetting a gradual decline in federal government employment. The unemployment rate was recorded at 4.3 percent, down slightly from 4.4 percent in February. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled that the central bank is in no rush to respond to the energy shock from…

The Iran War entered its 35th day Friday with reports that an American F-15 fighter jet was shot down over Iranian territory overnight, with Iranian media posting photos of the ejected seats and debris to X. An Iranian official told Drop Site News that the U.S. fighter jet was brought down by Iranian air defenses and crashed in southern Tehran Province, with intense fire reported at the impact site. The official said the force of the strike likely prevented the crew from ejecting before the aircraft went down, and that no remains had been recovered as of Friday. There are…

2026 Freedom Atlantic Catalog This isn’t a catalog full of options. It’s a catalog of decisions already made. Explore what made the cut. freedom-atlantic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/FA-Product-Catalog-2025 Comments are closed. Read the full article here

President Donald Trump proposed Friday a $1.5 trillion defense budget for 2027, a dramatic increase that would mark one of the largest Pentagon funding requests in decades and underscores his push to prioritize military spending over domestic programs. The budget blueprint, released by the White House, would cut non-defense spending by 10 percent and shift some responsibilities to states and local governments. Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox The plan also calls for maintaining immigration enforcement funding, increasing Justice Department spending by 13 percent, adding money for air traffic controller hiring and setting aside $10 billion…