Friday, May 28th, 2010

Industry »

Lockheed Martin wins $3.93m contract to develop advanced rifle scope attachment.

Lockheed Martin has won a $3.93 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop high-tech rifle-scope attachment. Designed to improve marksmanship over distances of between three and 600 meters, the Dynamic Image Gunsight Optic (DInGO) system combines a low power laser rangefinder, an embedded ballistics computer and onboard sensors that determine [...]

Friday, May 28th, 2010

ICE seize nearly 2,000 rounds of .223 ammunition at Texas international bridge.

Federal authorities arrested two men accused of trying to smuggle close to 2,000 rounds of assault rifle ammunition through an international bridge.
Alan Teran, 19 and Sergio Lopez, 24, were arrested on Monday afternoon at B&M International Bridge by CBP officers and later charged by agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement with one count of exporting [...]

Friday, May 28th, 2010

DeSantis Holster New Availability for Kahr P9 with Crimson Trace LaserGrip

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Meprolight Enhanced GLS Self-Illuminated Optical Sight for 40mm Grenade Launcher

Friday, May 28th, 2010

NRA sues over guns in Delaware’s public housing.

A lawsuit funded by the National Rifle Association was filed Thursday in Delaware Chancery Court seeking to lift the Wilmington Housing Authority’s ban on residents’ possessing firearms.
The 10-page lawsuit states that the ban — which is contained in lease agreements — “is unconstitutional on its face” because it infringes on the residents’ right to keep [...]

Related Topics: Delaware, NRA

Friday, May 28th, 2010

N.J., U.S. gun-trafficking investigation leads to three indictments, seizure of 230 weapons.

Tracey Crews was planning to tuck his toddler daughter into bed when the bullet pierced his neck. When police arrived, he was lying in the street outside his Trenton home as his wife frantically tried to stop the bleeding.
Although the September 2008 slaying has never been solved, authorities said Wednesday they arrested the man responsible [...]

Related Topics: New Jersey

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Ohio Senate approves concealed weapons in bars.

Gun owners who carry the proper permit would be able to bring concealed guns into establishments and events where alcohol is served thanks to an Ohio Senate bill passed Thursday.
Legislators passed the bill by a 23 to 10 vote. It will now head to the Democrat-controlled House.
Ohio sheriffs and police chiefs posed objections to the [...]

Related Topics: Ohio

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Military »

Senate panel, House approve ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ compromise plan.

The U.S. House and a Senate committee approved amendments to a military bill Thursday that would repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy barring openly gay and lesbian soldiers from military service, but only after some conditions are met.
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 16-12 to approve compromise language on the repeal in an amendment [...]

Friday, May 28th, 2010

U.S. Senate panel adds no funds for second F-35 fighter jet engine.

The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee added no funds to preserve a controversial second engine program for the F-35 fighter jet in its version of the 2011 defense spending bill, a panel member said.
The alternate engine is being built by a joint venture of General Electric Co. and Rolls-Royce Group Plc.
Without competition, United Technologies Corp [...]

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Obama outlines security strategy in new report.

The Obama administration on Thursday released a sweeping statement of its national security goals, emphasizing a strong counterterrorism effort, but also citing the importance of government action on issues such as climate change and the economy.
The 52-page manifesto, called the National Security Strategy, aims to draw contrasts with President Bush’s 2006 version, which centered heavily [...]