Founded in the mid-1980s to provide specialist firearms training and equipment to the U.K. Special Forces and British Army, SHIELD has spent nearly four decades designing and manufacturing some of the world’s most trusted red-dot optics.
Vortakt began as a division of a larger manufacturing group to support firearms manufacturers seeking to ramp up their production and investment. Soon after, they recognized an opportunity to modernize and disrupt the OEM barrel manufacturing market.
The company’s latest storage product is the Compact Headrest Safe. It’s ideal for customers looking for a smaller profile than the company’s Vulcan or Slide safes.
FN, the defense division of FN Browning Group, has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Ambrose Award, presented by the NDIA Armaments Division Small Arms Committee.