Author: Jack Bogart

Active Retention Meets Everyday Concealment ALPHARETTA, GA, July 23, 2026 – BlackPoint Tactical, a High SpeedGear Products Group brand, proudly announces the launch of the newConcealed Duty Holster (CDH), an innovative, new active-retention holster designed to bridge the gap between traditional duty holsters and everyday concealed carry. Available in both standard and weapon light-compatible configurations, the Concealed Duty Holster provides the security of an active retention system in a streamlined, highly concealable outside-the-waistband design. Whether carried by plainclothes officers, executive protection professionals, armed security personnel, or responsibly armed citizens seeking additional firearm retention, the CDH offers retention without the bulk…

On my second run after a 5-week hiatus, I clocked my fastest 5K of the year on flat pea gravel trails. It was most definitely the shoes. The evidence is anecdotal, but I consistently found my pace was faster than perceived while running in the Salomon Aero Glide 4 GRVL shoes. In a bit of a sample mix-up, I first ran in the road shoe version, the Salomon Aero Glide 4, which immediately impressed me with its speed and cushioned support. When I switched to the gravel version, the Salomon Aero Glide 4 GRVL, the feeling wasn’t too far off.…

The Special Operations Combatives Program (SOCP) is a realistic combatives system created for special operations forces in the military. It concentrates on close-quarters fighting skills that are useful, particularly when wearing all of your gear. Greg Thompson, who founded and developed the SOCP program, collaborated on the design of the Benchmade SOCP Dagger. Thompson, a combatives instructor with many years of experience teaching elite military personnel, made this dagger with a fixed blade specifically to be a tool for defending yourself and fighting in emergencies. Can a skeltonized last-resort defensive knife be iconic? If there is one that gets the…

Integration enables Echodyne MESA radars to support ATAK-based operational workflows Echodyne, the radar platform company, today announced the availability of an Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) plugin for its MESA® radar platform. The integration enables users to configure, control, and visualize data from Echodyne radars within the ATAK environment, supporting military, public safety, and security operations that rely on TAK for shared situational awareness. The plugin extends radar management and visualization capabilities to ATAK users, allowing high-fidelity radar data and system controls to be accessed through a familiar operational interface. By integrating radar data into existing TAK workflows, organizations can…

British Columbia, the pioneer of modern mountain bike parks, is home to its newest gravity-fed destination: RED Mountain Bike Park. And the multimillion-dollar park is turning heads. In a preview, professional rider and YouTuber Mark Matthews called Obsidius, RED’s premier expert track, “A-Line on steroids.” It’s a reference to Whistler Mountain Bike Park’s legendary downhill flow trail with massive, machine-sculpted jumps. That was before RED debuted the final segment. Upper Obsidius — the most difficult, technical section — opened on Saturday, July 18, marking the completion. The park’s creation was led by professional skier and lifelong Rosslander Dane Tudor, a trail builder…

H. Clay Aalders is a lifelong edged tool user. He spent the past 20 years as a woodworker and fishing guide in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Tennessee. While guiding in Idaho, Clay worked part-time writing for a local newspaper, and upon moving to Tennessee began writing for the blog The Truth About Knives – spending his last 5 years there as Managing Editor. His background is in fixed-blade hunting and bushcraft knives, but has jumped into the world of vintage slipjoint collecting with both feet since coming to work at Knife Magazine. Clay’s primary role is as Digital…

It can happen in an instant: You trip over a tree root, a rock you think is stable begins to move, or you slip on a steep downhill. In a flash, you’re on the ground, and you’ve wound up with a sprained ankle. This injury happens to hikers everywhere all the time, but for visitors to one national park, it’s especially pervasive. In Acadia National Park, trail and weather conditions frequently combine to produce the perfect storm for “Acadia Ankle”: broken, sprained, or otherwise hurt ankles. Here’s why it happens, and what visitors can do to stay safe. What the…

Gilbert, Arizona – July 23, 2026: Twenty years ago a single newspaper article changed the course of knife owners’ civil rights in America.On July 25, 2006, Knife Rights Founder Doug Ritter opened The Wall Street Journal  to read an outrageous and highly inflammatory headline article entitled “How New, Deadly Pocketknives Became a $1 Billion Business.” Filled with distortions, misrepresentations, innuendo, cherry-picked quotes, and outright falsehoods, it sought to demonize so-called “tactical knives,” any one-hand opening lock-blades, and lay the groundwork for the same sort of restrictions that had already taken hold in Europe. Instead, it sparked something entirely different and unprecedented in…

Longtime ballistic helmet leader to guide next chapter of protection, innovation and growth CLEVELAND, Ohio – July 22, 2026 – Team Wendy®, a leading provider of head protection systems for military, law enforcement, search and rescue, and adventure sports, announces the appointment of Vasilios Brachos as President of Team Wendy, effective immediately. Brachos will also join the Avon Technologies plc Group Executive Committee. Brachos brings nearly 25 years of experience developing advanced head protection systems and a deep understanding of customer requirements in some of the world’s most demanding environments. This appointment strengthens Team Wendy’s focus on innovation, operational excellence…

The proliferation of drones in land warfare has brought maneuver to a stalemate, extracting a significant toll in terms of both man and machine. Attack helicopters and their crews, long the lifeblood of maneuver warfare, are increasingly held at risk by a combination of loitering munitions, cheap air defenses, and ubiquitous persistent ISR platforms that have rendered the near-surface domain one of the most lethal places on the battlefield. In this robotic kill zone, maneuver warfare hinges on the ability to exploit an adversary’s weaknesses through principles like speed, agility, reach, and decisive mass. Any one of these attributes on…