Is Car Carry a Mistake?

The idea of a car gun, especially a dedicated car holster, is very tempting. After all, carrying a defensive pistol with you means adding at least a pound of metal (and possibly plastic) on your waistband everyday, metal which weighs down on your belt and pokes and prods you in many different and...

By Kevin Creighton •

POTD: The Universal Vulcan 440 – A Pump-Action M1 Carbine

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a hunting rifle built on a very familiar skeleton. This is the Universal Firearms Vulcan 440, made down in Hialeah, Florida in the mid-1960s. Universal earned its keep building commercial copies of the M1 Carbine from surplus and new parts, ...

By Sam.S •

Heads Up! SBIR 26.BZ Release 4 Pre-Release from SOFWERX

The USSOCOM Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program will soon be accepting submissions for these technology areas of interest: Direct to Phase II Topics: SOC26BZ04-DV004: Advanced Stand-off Detection of Concealed Materials (ASDCM) SOC26BZ04-DV005: Replanning for Evasive Autonomy to Coun...

By Eric G •

Berlin Candy Bomber in the Berlin Airlift

U.S. Air Force Colonel Gail Seymour Halvorsen was a transport pilot best known as the “Candy Bomber” or “Onkel Wiggly Wings,” who became famous for dropping candy to German children in Berlin during the Soviet Blockade of the city. Following Germany’s defeat in World War II, the vic...

By Friedrich Seiltgen •
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