Author: Jack Bogart

The La Sportiva Roots Pants ($89) blur the line between technical apparel and sweats I’d happily wear all day. Climbing pants often force a tradeoff between performance and comfort. Traditional softshells excel on long alpine routes and unpredictable-weather days but can feel stiff or overbuilt for everyday climbing or gym sessions. The Roots take a simpler approach, pairing soft organic cotton with a clean fit and enough stretch for climbing. From late winter through the hot days of summer, I wore them for 20 climbing days split between gym sessions and outdoor climbing at local crags near Salida and Buena…

TacJobs – USAF Seeks Volunteers for Lunar Lander Impact Study The Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing is seeking active duty military volunteers for a collaborative study with NASA to evaluate the impact forces astronauts could experience while standing during a lunar landing. The Wing’s Biodynamics team needs 10 to 12 active duty men and women for impact acceleration testing on the vertical deceleration tower. Testing will occur from August to September 2026, and the data collected could help establish injury risk curves for future lunar landers that will support NASA’s Artemis missions. Read the full article to…

By Friedrich Seiltgen Posted in #EDC For most people, their EDC is carried in an inside-the-waistband holster. The problem with that is that you have to wear your shirts untucked. For some, this really isn’t an option for various reasons, and they need their shirt tucked in. Why Carry Tucked Various reasons for wearing a tucked-in shirt include attending a formal event, such as a wedding or an awards ceremony, working in an office setting where an untucked shirt is not allowed or looks unprofessional, or simply because it appears neater and more orderly. What Type of…

Voyage Coat I’ve seen folks do this at the airport, load up pockets with stuff so they don’t have to pay extra baggage fees. This guy made a coat dedicated to the notion. It features 16 pockets and will hold up to 14 lbs of clothing accorisng to the manufacturer, but I bet a motivated SSD reader could double that, at least. It even comes with its own duffel. voyagecoat.com/products/voyage-coat This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 29th, 2026 at 13:00 and is filed under Clothing, Load Carrying. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0…

Palmetto State Armory has just launched the PSA 570 series, a modular, pump-action, 12-gauge shotgun system.After teasing it for the past couple of SHOT Shows, Palmetto State Armory has just launched the PSA 570. This 12-gauge shotgun system takes inspiration from both the Remington 870 and the Mossberg 500 and combines it with plenty of PSA’s original ideas. The PSA 570 was designed to be a modular system, and previous information about the concept included the ability to convert the shotguns to semi-auto, but we haven’t heard anything new about that yet. At least for this initial launch, the 570…

GOTAK – UVPRO-MANPACK Built around the BTECH UV-50PRO 50W cross-band repeater, GOTAK has introduced the UVPRO-MANPACK. ATAK Meshnet ready, this 50-watt repeater extends every handheld on your net and serves as an APRS gateway. The BTECH radio leverages 200,000+ HAM and GMRS repeaters via a plugin which pulls the worldwide RepeaterBook directory straight into ATAK. Filter by band and distance, watch every match drop onto the map as a live marker, then push the frequency, offset, and tone to your BTECH radio with no manual programming. The system also comes with five licenses for the Radio Relay ATAK plugin which…

For months, government officials across the country have been hearing a growing message from constituents: No AI data centers in our backyard. Controversies about the use of AI platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, and Google Gemini have become a national conversation. And AI critics point out that the infrastructure required to support these platforms has significant environmental impacts. That’s why the small Kentucky town of Cape City temporarily banned AI data centers. In May, city council members issued a 12-month moratorium to research the construction plans for a data center near the entrance to Mammoth Cave National Park. But the AI…

FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Army data scientists designed an experimental AI-powered platform that could transform the military decision-making planning process, to compress planning timelines from days or hours to seconds and to enable rapid, adaptable decision-making on the future battlefield. As part of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, or DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory, which is the Army’s sole fundamental laboratory, the Course Of Action Generative Pre-trained Transformer, or COA-GPT, is part of the U.S. Army’s largest experiment exercise at Project Convergence Capstone 6 at Fort Irwin, Calif., from July 17-29. The COA-GPT is a scientific platform designed to accelerate mission planning and provide an adaptable and decisive framework for planning, intelligence and command to solve critical human-AI integration challenges, “By fusing generative AI with hard-won military expertise and doctrine, COA-GPT provides Army leaders and warfighters, the ability to generate and compare innovative workflow options,” said Dr. Amar Marathe, DEVCOM ARL COA-GPT program manager. “We are not replacing Soldiers with AI—we are arming them with…

The TOPS releases continue to flow, much like a river – and, hey, wouldn’t you know it, the name of a new release from the Idaho-based company is called the River Rat! What a coincidence. The River Rat was designed with space saving in mind, and is a little knife that handles like a full-size one. TOPS and collaborator Julio Diez call the River Rat’s blade shape a modified sheepsfoot, and it’s easy to see the hallmarks of that profile here: the snub nose and wide profile in particular. However, whereas the standard sheepsfoot runs straight out, the Rat’s modified…

Third generation of DroneShield’s proprietary RF detection engine delivers situational awareness in complex and evolving threat environments.Sydney, Australia – 28 July 2026 – DroneShield a global leader in advanced counter-drone (CUAS) technology, today unveiled RfAI-3, the third generation of its proprietary radio frequency intelligence engine. RfAI-3 marks a significant evolution in counter-drone doctrine, prioritizing wideband detection to sense drone threats beyond known and pre-classified emitters, delivering decisive situational awareness in the complex, rapidly evolving threat environments that define modern operations. A New Detection Paradigm Industry standard RF detection systems operate on a cataloged emitter model: a drone must be cataloged in…