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Daily event provides email-only access to incentives on industry-leading technical gear and advanced apparel. FENTON, MO – December 3, 2025 – FirstSpear, the industry leader in load-bearing technology and advanced technical apparel, has officially launched its “12 Days of Christmas” event. The twelve-day engagement gives professional end users, law enforcement, and serious enthusiasts a focused opportunity to acquire mission-critical, American-made equipment with meaningful value-added incentives. Running now through December 12, the event spotlights a different segment of FirstSpear’s catalog each day. Rather than a standard holiday sale, the “12 Days” event functions as a daily briefing, delivered exclusively to FirstSpear email…
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U.S. Special Operations Command’s Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (U.S. SOCOM AT&L), alongside the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory, launched the 2026 SOCOM Ignite Program at MIT’s campus in late September, embarking on a yearlong journey for more than 100 cadets and faculty from over 20 colleges, universities and service academies. The SOCOM Ignite Program is an innovation-focused initiative aimed at addressing current and future challenges facing the warfighter, but it also serves as an opportunity to both further the education and ingenuity of future military leaders. The selected teams will have the opportunity to establish relationships with military…
Andrew Day, Jude Russo, and Joseph Addington discuss the growing controversy about a “second strike” on an alleged drug boat and whether Pete Hegseth will get the axe. Then they discuss the shooting of the National Guardsmen in Washington and the Trump administration’s Overton Window-shifting moves on immigration. Lastly, they discuss a special election in Tennessee and what it reveals about the GOP’s hidden weaknesses. Recorded December 3, 2025. Read the full article here
Arc’teryx PRO Expands Access Built for the Mission & Elevating Access: Arc’teryx PRO Evolves Arc’teryx PRO remains committed to delivering uncompromising performance for those operating in the most demanding environments. Building on this foundation, and following investment in production capacity and close collaboration with vendor partners, we are proud to announce the evolution of our PRO line into two distinct collections: • Essentials Collection: Functional, versatile designs for durability and precision. No longer limited to just professional users, available to anyone through one of our trusted network of Arc’teryx PRO Dealers, beginning December 5th, 2025. • Mission Collection: Highly specialized…
Milipol 25 – Wild Clothing Wild is a new brand from Finland. They are poised to release a cold water clothing system which uses some great materials combined with excellent design. This is the Taika TacDown insulated jacket. It’s intended to be worn from freezing down to single digits minus. Insulated with TACdown, it combines down with continuous filament materials, it offers all the natural advantages of down in the smallest profile. This is combined with Actibreath 37.5 Membrane and its activated carbon technology for moisture management and EMPEL DWR treatment which is PFAS free. Features: Detachable hood with 3-way…
Milipol 25 – Combat Clean Combat Clean is a product from Sweden’s Zymiq and serves a dental enzyme to keep your teeth clean even in the field and has the added benefit of fresh breath. Combat Clean comes in two formulations, one for general man’s and the other for our K9 companions. The version for humans is a lozenge format and the version for pups is a spray. www.zymiq.com/brands/combat-clean Read the full article here
Milipol 25 – Snigel Combat Clothing Sweden’s Snigel has introduced a line of combat clothing. At the left is the Light Thermal Jacket 1.0 and Thermal Trousers 1.0. To the right is the Shell Jacket 1.0 and Shell Trousers 1.0. www.snigel.se/tactical-clothing Read the full article here
Who After hearing concerns from the field that large defense companies were becoming slow and unresponsive to the military’s evolving needs, Ken Solinski, former owner of Insight Technology, assembled a team of industry veterans in 2019 to identify key capability gaps in the market and engineer solutions to fill them. The team had a goal of providing customers with rapid solutions through taking a decisive and low-bureaucratic approach to product development and get systems in the hands of customers faster. They set out to provide products that are small, compact and lightweight, while delivering superior optical performance. Today, we’re known…