For maintainers, particularly those supporting partner forces, the PK series offers a notable advantage over many Western and other Soviet-designed systems with its adjustable headspace. This feature significantly simplifies sustainment and repair in austere environments, with the ability to mism...
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. —   Air Force Global Strike Command hosted a Technology, Acquisition and Sustainment Review from June 23-25 at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The three-day summit brought together senior leaders from across the enterprise to align strategic capabilit...
FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 23, 2026 — HDT Robotics, LLC dba BLADE, a leader in highly capable robotic systems, announced today its selection as one of five industry partners for the U.S. Army’s Project Sustainment initiative. This critical National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NA...
PICATINNY ARSENAL, NJ – In a landmark event to bolster the nation’s defense capabilities, Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI), on behalf of Portfolio Acquisition Executive Agile Sustainment and Ammunition (PAE AS&A) and Army Materiel Command (AMC), held an Industry Day e...
HUNTSVILLE, AL. – Oshkosh Defense LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation [NYSE: OSK] business, is exhibiting at the Association of the U.S. Army Global Force Symposium, March 24–26, highlighting how commercial manufacturing strength, rapid integration, and lifecycle sustainment accelerate the fielding o...
In February, the minutes from an Australian Senate meeting revealed that Australia plans to provide the Papua New Guinea Defence Force with more than 3,000 new Thales ACAR - or Australian Combat Assault Rifles.
Your rifle doesn’t need to be “cool.” It needs to be the same every time, for every officer, under every dumb condition.
The procurement of individual gear to support military, police, or civil defense has a long, convoluted, but necessary history. Choosing what gear best suits your needs becomes a balance of practicality and assumption. Whether you are riding a tractor, enforcing a warrant, or running the back hil...
Hemorrhage control isn’t about looking tactical. It’s about buying minutes until definitive care arrives—and sustaining the skills to make those minutes count.
Hearing, comms, performance, and downstream liability all get better when the rifle is less abusive to everyone standing near it.