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[CBH99]

Me in 2010…
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We need an emoji with cool sunglasses for pics like this

@KevinB the only guy I (kinda/sorta) know that can legitimately say that SOCOM has a vanilla side...

 

[CBH99]

Right. I suppose that is an option, but can I jus ideally bitch about thing I don’t understand instead?

Even if you attended the course and passed it, I imagine you could STILL very well bitch about these things and NOT understand them...

A year long course? With THAT stuff as the main content? Yeah no thanks...

 

[CBH99]

One year for the info request, one year for bidders to advise on the requisition, and one year to issue the requisition, review bids, and sign the contract.

Part of the friction of the public purse: processes intended to increase transparency add time and effort.

I'm pretty sure the process can be transparent and fair, and not take 3 bloody years...

A whole year for bidders to submit bids? A whole year for them to review the bids & sign a contract? A whole year in the middle for the bidders to advise or discuss their product with the project management office?


I'm with the others in saying I just don't understand how on earth this stuff can take so long...

 

[CBH99]

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[KevinB]

I still don’t understand why the CAF cannot accept that some of these systems can’t be looked at as a cascading continually evolving process.

Realistically even before 9/11 the CA was aware that the STANO/IFF was sadly lacking for its forces.

Every soldier should have:
Helmet compatible with fixed plate (Wilcox) NOD, electronic ear pro
Helmet mounted NOD, with helmet mounted battery pack.
Multi function aiming laser
Helmet complaint, and comms plug in compatible electronic ear pro
NOD compatible eye pro
NOD compatible NBCW mask (ideally that is SCBA compatible - but I’ll make that optional outside of SOF, and NEO role troops)
Helmet mounted (Velcro or bolt on) IFF beacon
Camouflage cover for helmet compatible with the accessories in Arctic, temperate and arid region camo.


Lasers, and NOD’s should be viewed as a cascading item.
Buy a Bde worth every year - and cascade to the lower readiness groups.

The CA G-8/CDD guys for VAS (visual augmentation systems) have been asleep at the switch for years.

 

[daftandbarmy]

I still don’t understand why the CAF cannot accept that some of these systems can’t be looked at as a cascading continually evolving process.

Realistically even before 9/11 the CA was aware that the STANO/IFF was sadly lacking for its forces.

Every soldier should have:
Helmet compatible with fixed plate (Wilcox) NOD, electronic ear pro
Helmet mounted NOD, with helmet mounted battery pack.
Multi function aiming laser
Helmet complaint, and comms plug in compatible electronic ear pro
NOD compatible eye pro
NOD compatible NBCW mask (ideally that is SCBA compatible - but I’ll make that optional outside of SOF, and NEO role troops)
Helmet mounted (Velcro or bolt on) IFF beacon
Camouflage cover for helmet compatible with the accessories in Arctic, temperate and arid region camo.


Lasers, and NOD’s should be viewed as a cascading item.
Buy a Bde worth every year - and cascade to the lower readiness groups.

The CA G-8/CDD guys for VAS (visual augmentation systems) have been asleep at the switch for years.

Does the US Army have all that?

 

[KevinB]

Does the US Army have all that?

Yes PM Sensors and Lasers have fielded 4 different MFAL since 2003, and 5 different NODs.

Generally fielded to XVIII Airborne Corps first and cascaded down.

 

[Fabius]

The CA’s current $100 million dollar project to purchase new dual NVGs was just recently amended to reflect an intensifier tube spec that will eliminate all but US manufacturers.

Apparently the various Euro companies were less than thrilled by the last minute changes to the RFP despite the years of consultations.

Supposedly once the NVG contract is signed, the project staff will move onto the MFAL component of the overall project.