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There’s this one distinct section of my favorite touring zone that confounds most layering strategies. It’s about an hour into the tour and nearly 2,000 vertical feet into the climbing when the forest yields to an icy wind-battered ridgeline that bends up even steeper. The topography creates a frigid micro-climate of wind and tundra. Yet I consistently overheat in a hardshell as I trudge upward. As I approached it in Norrøna’s Lofoten Flex1 Jacket and Pants, I had the inkling that I might have found the solution — a softshell jacket and pants combo breathable enough for a steep skin…

DroneShield Secures $49.6M European Military Contract DroneShield has received a contract totaling $49.6m for a European end-customer A significant portion of this hardware is on-the-shelf with deliveries and payments expected to be completed in Q1 2026 16 December 2025 – DroneShield is pleased to announce it has received a contract for $49.6 million from an in-region European reseller that is contractually required to distribute the products to a European military end-customer. The contract is for handheld counter-drone systems, associated accessories, and software updates. DroneShield has a large portion of this stock on-the-shelf and expects to complete all deliveries in Q1…

Bernhard Braun makes it clear from the start: he has “nothing to tell.” He isn’t going to try to educate viewers with his ski movie or make them watch his emotional breakdowns on the skin track. Instead, the Rossignol athlete is content to crack a few jokes, shred sick lines, and stick big air landings. It’s what the people want when they turn on a ski movie, after all — and Braun delivers. In this hilarious (only slightly NSFW) Bavarian freeride film, Braun lays it on the line. He gives great ski advice, offers some glib commentary, and, of course, tears…

Crawling into a sleeping bag can sometimes feel more like mummification than rest. Most designs are narrow for efficiency as they are meant to conserve heat and compress into a backpack.  The REI Co-op Siesta Hooded 20 Sleeping Bag takes a different approach. Built wide, soft, and unapologetically comfortable, it’s as close to bringing your bed to the campsite as you’ll find. Probably the most spacious sleeping bag I’ve ever used, the Siesta brings all the comfort you miss from your bed at home, only in a stuff sack. For restless sleepers like me, or anyone who likes to sprawl…

Addition to the marketplace satisfies competition requirements and enables rapid acquisition of CHAOS systems across U.S. and NATO commands LOS ANGELES — CHAOS Industries, the defense technology company building Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™) systems that give warfighters time to act against border and autonomous threats, today announced its addition to the U.S. Army’s Global Tactical Edge Acquisition Directorate (G-TEAD) Marketplace following its participation in Project Flytrap 4.5 in Putlos, Germany. The G-TEAD Marketplace enables any Army Service Component Command and NATO partners to rapidly acquire emerging technologies and capabilities. Project Flytrap 4.5 brought together U.S. soldiers and NATO partners in…

The earthquake that struck Myanmar in March 2025 left a huge impact on Yoon Myat Su Lin. The death, destruction, and fallout from that tragedy stuck with the 22-year-old Myanmar fashion student studying at Esmod Tokyo. So, Lin started thinking outside of the box — way outside of it — and began designing an outfit she’s calling the “Adaptable Shelterwear Collection.” “Seeing how suddenly people can lose their homes made me think about clothing not just as fashion, but as something that could protect and support people in emergency situations,” Lin told GearJunkie. “I wanted to imagine clothing as a portable shelter…

Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More If you ask him, James Nash says he’s just a normal American guy with an abnormally organized truckbed, thanks to DECKED’s drawer systems. He grew up on an Oregon ranch, trapping gophers and working as a pack horse hunting guide in high school. He also wrestled so well that he moved to Norway for a year to train professionally.  His career choices varied after that. He earned a college scholarship for riding rodeo broncos, and paid the rest of his tuition by working as…

Services strengthen cyber resilience for Army’s Short-Range Reconnaissance (SRR) program and future unmanned systems across all domains RESTON, Va., Dec. 16, 2025 — SpiderOak, a leader in zero-trust cybersecurity solutions for space, aerospace, and defense, announced today that Red Cat Holdings (NASDAQ: RCAT), a recognized industry leader in advanced all-domain drone and robotic solutions for defense and national security, has selected SpiderOak to perform a comprehensive Blue UAS cybersecurity assessment of its Black Widow™ Short-Range Reconnaissance (SRR) platform. As part of the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Blue UAS framework, SpiderOak—an official Recognized Assessor—will conduct vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, and Foreign Ownership,…

The mission? Take three new Toyota Trucks to far-flung adventures across California. The prize? $10,000 — and bragging rights. Welcome to Toyota Destination Detour. Watch as six adrenaline junkies take three new Toyotas (a Land Cruiser, a 4Runner, and a Tacoma) on a 36-hour road trip challenge across rugged terrain and unexpected detours. Three teams of athletes drove to distinct California locations for this Toyota Destination Detour challenge: a father-daughter team headed for the surf in a Toyota 4Runner, pro cyclist and filmmaker partners took a Toyota Tacoma toward the Eastern Sierra, and newly introduced trail runners paired up in…

Circumnavigating the suppressor world is a tough road to travel. Which is why CANCON has become such an invaluable asset to this niche in the firearms world. The world’s largest fully suppressed range day evolved into an important gateway to the fastest-growing firearms accessory on the market. And in its second year at the Clinton Plantation House in Clinton, South Carolina, it was an absolute quiet riot of hushed-up shooting. More shooters than ever before learned about, perused, and — most importantly — shot some of the best suppressors available today. But going hands-on with the latest and greatest quiet…