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Over the weekend, the Royal Navy released a statement about the SIG SAUER MCX LT carbines they procured under Project HAY, named after renowned WWII Royal Marine Ace fighter pilot Commander Ronnie Hay, DSO, DSC & Bar. I’m going to share a few things I know about the program. The actual decision was made almost two years ago, with delivery well over a year ago. It is my understanding that the MCX carbines were purchased for maritime operations as part of the Royal Marines Future Commando Force operational concept with a renewed emphasis on amphibious raids and a fast-paced modernization…

AURORA, Colo. (AFNS) — Air Force Lt. Gen. Leah Lauderback, deputy chief of Staff, ISR and Cyber Effects Operations, and Space Force Maj. Gen. Gregory Gagnon, deputy chief of Space Operations for Intelligence, joined a panel discussion with Mr. Greg Ryckman, Defense Intelligence Agency deputy director for Global Integration, during the Air and Space Force Association Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colorado, March 4. The two senior Department of the Air Force intelligence officers joined the stage alongside Ryckman to discuss the current intelligence environment, monitoring threats and on-going collaboration between combat support agencies. To begin the panel, Gagnon gave context…

By Steve Horsman In today’s article, Steve Horsman gives us a step-by-step process for how to disassemble and clean your 1911 pistols. As with any firearm related activity, The Armory Life encourages you to follow the common safety rules when cleaning your handguns. The Springfield Armory 1911 pistols are extremely popular for self-defense, competition, target shooting and hunting. Both experienced shooters and first-time gun buyers find a great deal of quality and value throughout the line. The 1911 is unique in many ways. It was first adopted by the United States armed forces for its issued handgun in 1911. I…

SOFWERX – Adaptive Airborne Enterprise (A2E) Assessment Event (AE) SOFWERX, in collaboration with USSOCOM Program Executive Office Fixed Wing (PEO-FW), will host a series of events to identify vendors that will be asked to evaluate a government owned Mission Autonomy Software solution. Subsequently the government will select a subset of providers to augment the Mission Autonomy software stack with industry provided best of breed solutions to close gaps in system limitations. Adaptive Airborne Enterprise (A2E), is an interoperable system of systems, enabling ISR capabilities through expendable autonomous sUAS platforms, resilient data paths, and common control architecture. A2E leverages access and…

Tanfoglio is releasing the new Tanfoglio Stock III Special, a high-performance, competition-focused, traditional-double-action 9mm pistol meant for IPSC or USPSA Production divisions, which stipulate that pistols may only hold 15 rounds maximum and must be equipped with iron sights. Like the rest of the Tanfoglio Stock series, the new Stock III Special is based on the CZ-75 pattern and is built around a steel slide and frame. The frames have aggressively textured G10 stocks, and ignition comes via a skeletonized hammer and a Tanfoglio “Next” trigger with a flat trigger face. These high-performance competition pistols use precision-machined-CNC Walther-Lother stainless steel…

My home-defense shotgun always wears a flashlight mounted to it, because to me it seems simple: Any target I can’t see is tough to identify and difficult to hit. Furthermore, a shotgun is heavy and requires two hands to fire. A weapon-mounted light lets me see, while not occupying my hands. Lastly, a powerful light can blind, disorient or even scare off a would-be invader. But, even with what I see as positives, opinions on the matter vary. “A light gives away your exact location to bad guys,” some internet chatter will say. Yes, they can, but weaponlights have on/off…

The Digital Manufacturing Centre (DMC), an industry-leading production facility and additive manufacturing (AM) innovation hub, hosted the latest UK MOD Strategic Command’s Additive Manufacturing innovation event, on 5 March 2025. This MOD/industry collaborative event was held at DMC’s state-of-the-art AM production facility, located at the world-renowned Silverstone Park. The event was also supported by the Buckinghamshire Enterprise Zone. Project TAMPA is a UK Strategic Command Defence Support sponsored project that is exploring the advantages of integrating the very latest AM (3D-printing) technology “from factory to foxhole”. From the outset, DMC has been intimately involved with Project TAMPA and is working…

You Never Know Where They’ll Show Up This is a fine showing from my friend Alpendrms. This entry was posted on Sunday, March 9th, 2025 at 01:00 and is filed under KCRF. 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