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NIOA, Defence Sign Long-Term SMALL Arms Support Deal NIOA has signed a new long-term small arms support contract with the Australian Department of Defence. The new support contract engages Australian-owned NIOA for the through-life support of select ADF in-service weapons as well as the next generation LAND300 Lethality Program systems until 2032. NIOA was appointed by Defence in September 2022 as the prime contractor for Tranche 1 Stage 2 of LAND300 which includes new sniper systems, surveillance and target acquisition devices, pistols, shotguns and personal defence weapons for Australia’s soldiers, sailors and aviators. NIOA General Manager – Weapons and Munitions…

2025 Black Friday / Cyber Monday Sales Page – Sponsored By Tactical Distributors Once again, our friends at Tactical Distributors are sponsoring our Black Friday/Cyber Monday master list. To see it, updated regularly with the latest sales info, click here. This entry was posted on Sunday, November 23rd, 2025 at 19:02 and is filed under Advertiser. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed. Read the full article here

2025 Black Friday / Cyber Monday Sales Master List The 2025 Black Friday / Cyber Monday Sales Master List is sponsored by our friends at Tactical Distributors. It is updated regularly. Princeton Tec Explore a range of special offers during the promotional period, including: Customers who spend $125+ will receive a free Princeton Tec Hat while supplies last Customers who spend $150+ will receive a free Byte Headlamp while supplies last Up to 40% off Princeton Tec’s collection of premier lighting solutions, including its best-selling helmet lights, Vizz headlamp line and limited-time deals on the Remix Pro. More details about…

A European consortium uniting leading defence, research, and technology organisations from across the Union has launched the iMUGS2 project to develop the next generation of interoperable unmanned ground systems, following its successful proposal to the European Commission under its European Defence Fund (EDF) programme. The project is coordinated by Milrem Robotics. Building on the achievements of the first iMUGS project, iMUGS2 aims to enhance Europe’s autonomy and robotics capabilities by developing a scalable, interoperable, and secure system-of-systems architecture for both unmanned and manned platforms. The project reinforces Europe’s technological sovereignty in key defence areas, including AI-driven autonomy, systems integration, communications,…

By Wayne van Zwoll Posted in #Gear Many shooters view the .223 and 5.56 as identical or at least interchangeable rounds. Well, listed case dimensions are the same, and each will chamber in barrels bored for the other. But that’s not the full story. Hornady engineers tell me the .223 Remington is stoked to 55,400 CUP (Copper Units of Pressure), a level specified by SAAMI (the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute). Service loads for the 5.56×45 NATO generate 58,500. Chamber dimensions and rifling twist vary among the myriad AR-15s and bolt rifles barreled to .223, but…

Gideon Optics has one of the most diverse lineups in the optics industry, and it seems as if the company keeps launching new models every quarter. If there’s two things I’ve noticed as a writer covering the outdoors and shooting world, it’s that pistol-mounted reflex optics have converged on what I’ve been calling the “Big Four” optics-mounting footprints. These are the Aimpoint ACRO, Leupold’s DeltaPoint Pro, Trijicon’s RMR footprint and Shield Sights’ RMSc. (Honorable mention goes out to the Holosun-K footprint, but it amounts to an RMSc without recoil posts on the rear). My other observation is that the red-dot…

You Never Know Where They’ll Show Up Long time reader SL is on a road trip and sent me this photo and note: “Just off of I-10 is the birthplace of John Rambo in Bowie AZ. I don’t recall if the hometown is mentioned in any of the movies or the original version of the First Blood novel. The mural is on the side of a truck stop which has an Indian restaurant inside. That’s America:  Indian food, trucks, and Rambo coffee cups and shot glasses in the same place.” Thanks man! Have a safe trip! This entry was posted…

The Defence AI Centre has worked with industry to develop a new tool that will help redefine how Defence evaluates and procures AI technologies. The Defence AI Centre (DAIC) is launching the AIModel Arena to help redefine how Defence evaluates and procures artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The tool, developed in partnership with UK AIcompany Advai and the National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF), will pilot a secure, standardised platform for suppliers to more rapidly test and demonstrate their models against Defence use cases. The AI Model Arena will: help UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) identify the best AI solutions and…

By Richard Johnson Posted in #History The thunder of American battleships shaped sea power and world history in the 20th century. From the first U.S. dreadnoughts through the fast Iowas and the never-built Montanas, the United States Navy moved from a nascent power to the most dominant force ever seen on the seas. In this article, I intend to provide a concise, class-by-class look at these battlewagons. There are four general battleship types seen in the Navy’s history: pre-dreadnoughts, dreadnoughts, standard-type battleships, and fast battleships. Not every design is a perfect fit into one of the four categories, but…

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