Author: Jack Bogart

New bonding capability, breakthrough brightness performance, and rapid progress toward full?color MicroLED integration mark major steps toward future programs such as Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) WESTBOROUGH, Mass., July 14, 2026–Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN), a leading provider of application-specific optical systems and high-performance microdisplays for defense, training, enterprise, industrial, consumer and medical products, today announced three major milestone achievements in its color MicroLED development program for the U.S. Government’s Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) program. These accomplishments represent significant progress toward establishing a fully U.S.?based MicroLED manufacturing capability and advancing next?generation soldier vision systems. Milestone 1: Breakthrough MicroLED Performance…

Cruising the logging roads of Washington state in my rig, it can be easy to lose your way. That’s why I’ve now made a GMRS walkie-talkie a standard piece of kit, and recently, I’ve been using the Cobra TrailBlazer 450 to keep in touch with trail partners on my off-road overnights. Just last week, I was high above the Skagit River staring down a washout, and keying up the 450, I was able to relay the info to the end of our convoy to begin finding a workaround. Bubblepack FRS radios would struggle to span the dense second-growth and switchbacks,…

TOPS has another new knife on the market this month, the I Stick Mini. TOPS historians will know that this one is a shrunk-down version of a popular push dagger model from the fixed blade maker. While their portfolio is lush and diverse, TOPS has always maintained an interest in tactical pieces. Whether the term is being used in a civilian self-defense, or military/first responder sense, TOPS’s predilections for beefy designs with stalwart stock and generally rugged materials fit those needs like a fingerless glove. Thus over the years the company has turned out fighting knives, concealable self-defense knives, extreme…

Planning for a camping trip is easy. Just follow the simple outlines below, vetted by our highly experienced camping team. An easy place to begin is to consider your cslamp kit much like a home. Think of it as a bedroom, kitchen, and living room. Each section has a specific kit. The following guide is broken down into seven camping segments: car (camping next to your car at a campsite), backpacking, ultralight backpacking, wet weather, hot weather, winter, and hunting. The first section offers general camp kits, with more specific scenarios detailed in the sections below. What Should I Pack…

AI Platform Looks Deep into Supply Chains Offering National Security and Economic Insights for Sen. McCormick’s Event with President Trump and the Nation’s Defense and Tech LeadersWASHINGTON, July 14, 2026 — Exiger, the market-leading supply chain AI company and largest provider of supply chain risk technology to the U.S. Government, today unveiled its report, The Defense Industrial Base in Pennsylvania, at the 2026 Pennsylvania Defense & Innovation Summit in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Held at the U.S. Army War College on July 14th and 15th, the event convenes President Trump and leading defense and tech companies, including Anduril, Exiger, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, and…

This month, Kia recalled more than 460,000 Telluride SUVs due to a risk of fire — the second such recall for the automaker in the last 2 years. Both recalls affect model year 2020–2024 vehicles, and for the same defect. That reason has to do with overheating seat motors. According to Kia and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the trim panel on the side of the front seat bases could cause the switch covers to come loose, potentially causing the seat motor to run continuously and overheat. In extreme cases, overheating motors can turn into electrical fires. The…

For over a century, the 1906 Antiquities Act has bestowed the president with extraordinary power over public lands. With one swift stroke of a pen, a president can create a national monument on federal land to protect historic landmarks or structures. Since the bill passed, 18 presidents have created 168 national monuments, but in the last decade, just two of them have been at the center of major political debate, and they are back in the news yet again. On Monday, President Trump signed an executive order to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monuments. What Are These Monuments?…

MINNEAPOLIS – July 13, 2026 – Polaris Government and Defense, a division of Polaris Inc. (NYSE: PII), has secured an order for MRZR D4 vehicles from the Belgium Ministry of Defence, leveraging the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) framework contract. The contract is valued at $10.6 million and is the first call order from the NSPA framework contract, which was first awarded to Polaris in September 2025. This procurement approach fulfills competition requirements, streamlines the acquisition process and eliminates the need for additional, time-consuming and costly trials and competitions. In addition to bulk pricing benefits and expedited acquisition, NSPA…

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was already having a bad year. In April, President Donald Trump signed H.J. Res. 140, overturning a 20-year rule that protected 225,504 acres of Superior National Forest from mineral and geothermal leasing. The decision reopened the surrounding national forest land to potential mineral development. Now, wildfires have shut down the wilderness entirely. The U.S. Forest Service closed all public access to the Boundary Waters at 12 a.m. Tuesday, July 14, as fires spread amid unusually hot, dry, and windy weather. The closure covers the entire 1-million–acre wilderness and approximately 1,900 campsites. The Forest Service…

It’s hard to find climbing pants that do it all. The Black Diamond Sequence Pants ($99) come pretty close. There are a lot of options to sort through, and narrowing choices down by discipline is only part of the challenge. Finding a pair that fits well and moves well is another thing entirely. One of the questions I hear most at the crag is, “How do you like those pants?” This means many of us are still trying to find the perfect pair. The Black Diamond Sequence Pants do a lot of things right, and one of their main draws…