Author: Jack Bogart

FULDA, KÖNIGSLUTTER, GERMANY (05 June 2026) Mehler Protection, part of Mehler Systems and a leading provider of ballistic body and platform protection solutions, will present its latest developments at Eurosatory 2026, taking place from 15–19 June in Paris. Visitors can meet the team in Hall 5B, Stand C220, where Mehler Protection will showcase a broad portfolio of protection solutions ranging from advanced platform armour systems to personal protection equipment. With Eurosatory serving as one of the defence industry’s most important meeting points, the brand will place particular emphasis on its platform armour capabilities, highlighting solutions designed to enhance vehicle survivability…

USMC Issues Sole Source Notice for 5.56mm Anti-Drone Rounds According to a sole source notice issued last week, Portfolio Acquisitions Executive Marine Corps (PAE MC), Program Manager, Combat Support Systems (CSS), PdM Ammunition (PdM AMMO), Quantico, VA 22134, intends to enter into a sole-source negotiations and subsequently award an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract to Drone Round LLC for the 5.56mm “L Variant” Anti-Drone Rounds. This effort is estimated for award December 2026. Launched earlier this year, the 5.56mm Drone Round “L Variant” projectile separates into several pieces to act in a similar fashion to a shotgun, making it effective…

Janja Garnbret is no stranger to success. The 27-year-old Slovenian is arguably the greatest competition climber of all time. She has won 49 gold medals on the World Cup circuit, the most elite level of competition. While Garnbret has never been a slouch in outdoor climbing (she’s sent V15 and 5.14d, after all), her competition dominance has always outshone her achievements on real rock. That is, until now. On June 8, Garnbret announced that she sent Bibliographie (5.15c), becoming the first woman and only sixth person to send the iconic route — long considered one of the world’s most difficult.…

I’ve been backpack hunting for over a decade now, and I’ve tried quite a few different stoves and seen even more in action from friends. There are a lot of good ones and a few great ones, even, but none that have been made specifically for the hunt. Until now, that is. The Roughridge Highcountry Cook System is a stove made by hunters for hunters. Yeah, I know. That phrase gets tossed around a lot these days. Being “made by hunters for hunters” is all fine and dandy, but that doesn’t have anything to do with whether it actually works…

In 2026, CTOMS proudly marks the twentieth anniversary of active operations. Founded by Chris Kopp in response to the 2002 loss of Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, the company was formally incorporated in 2005 and launched operations in 2006. What began as a personal mission to honor the fallen has become a leading provider of tactical medical training and equipment solutions for military, law enforcement, first responders, and prepared citizens. CTOMS has always followed a training-first philosophy: skills and knowledge must come before gear. Our evidence-based programs focus on critical thinking, self-reliance, and the full spectrum of care, from Care Under…

The National Park Service (NPS) oversees a whole lot more than just national parks. It manages and protects many historic sites and landmarks that tell important parts of U.S. history, from the Civil War to the suffragists to the Civil Rights Movement. The NPS will soon allow people to visit an internment camp in Hawaiʻi that imprisoned hundreds of Japanese Americans during World War II. For the first time since it closed in 1946, the Honouliuli National Historic Site will be open to the public. The History During the war, over 120,000 people of Japanese descent were forcibly detained in…

As I zipped past the colorful facades of Crested Butte’s downtown homes and cornered from street to street, I felt like a pro delivery rider on the Buzz Cerana 2. Built as an agile e-commuter, the Buzz has a forward position with smaller 24-inch wheels, flatter handlebars, a manual drop seat, and a punchy motor that invites its driver to actively command it. Arriving on the market as a functional, entry-level contender, the Buzz Cerana 2 trades raw top-end speed for out-of-the-box practicality. Outfitted with dual racks, full fenders, and a host of clever comfort qualities, it aims to prove…

By Clayton Walker Posted in #Guns Let’s just get this out of the way up front. I live in California. I remember it was about 20 years ago when I first had the opportunity to fire an AR-pattern rifle. I was then celebrating my 21st birthday in sunny Las Vegas, and decided to splurge one of the many “full auto” experiences the town had to offer. After a few magazines burst-fired through a clapped-out M4, I was downright gobsmacked. The rifle hadn’t pushed me around or run away on me. On the contrary, I stared at a…

Photos by Frank Thai Once described as “an AR-18 shoved up the arse of an EM2,” the SA80 continued the British defense establishment’s fascination with bullpups, which started in the late 1940s. Following the .280 British cartridge debacle where Winston Churchill bent the knee to adopt the American T65 round, the Brits were saddled with a service rifle that was longer than they wanted, heavier than needed, and chambered in a cartridge overly powerful for the role it was supposed to fill. Conceived at the height of the Cold War, the SA80 was supposed to address all of these concerns.…

In a request for information recently issued to industry, the US Army DEVCOM Soldier Center sought out potential sources which will support the re-shoring of the domestic footwear industry, improve capabilities for the domestic military footwear industrial base, and ultimately provide the best performing footwear technology to the Warfighter. Naturally, this effort won’t just improve the Army’s boots but those of every service as well as potentially commercial footwear manufactured domestically. The reality is that the US has a small domestic footwear production capacity belated primarily on military procurement which by law requires US made goods. The Berry Amendment specifies…