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Military Market

Ron Houle is Founder and President of Pivot Step Consultants, LLC., a consulting practice specializing in market analysis, product development, doing business with the military service branches, and providing strategic reviews of the Defense Budget.

In this new column for BeaverLake6 Report, Mr. Houle provides on insight into the issues and news that affect the US military contractors within the technical textiles industry. To contact Mr. Houle, please email at [email protected].

(This is only part if his column - it’s worthwhile reading all of it though - link provided below )

Posted July 5 2019

On a different note, the US Army is now ready to produce and distribute the new Improved Hot Weather Combat Uniform.  This uniform has been in development since 2015, when soldiers complained about the performance of the standard Combat Uniform.

There are some exterior changes (such as not having chest pockets, a different shoulder design) that are meant to allow for faster drying times and lighter weight.  The hot weather uniform is a 57/43 nylon-cotton blend (the standard combat uniform is a 50/50 nylon-cotton blend).  The first shipments will soon arrive to military clothing sales stores in Hawaii and Fort Benning, GA.

The Army expects to have the uniform distributed to military clothing stores worldwide by February, 2020.  The price will be approximately $100.00 per set, which is similar to the current combat uniform.  The manufacturers for the uniforms are Pentaq, NIB, Goodwill Industries and Ability One.

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