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PHOENIX, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- British company BAE Systems has released a new combat use Performance Military Gear that it calls Eclipse.
"Created by experienced military personnel, Eclipse combines existing and emerging technologies with evolutionary designs and materials to form lightweight, versatile products for combat use. The Eclipse product line includes load carriage, helmets, soft and hard body armor, aircrew survivability systems, and other related equipage items," BAE Systems said in a recent press release.
"Eclipse Performance Military Gear builds upon BAE Systems' reputation as a premier developer in individual equipment," said Sean Martin, vice president, sales and business development of Individual Equipment, for BAE Systems. "With over three decades of expertise in designing and manufacturing quality gear, BAE Systems is excited to offer additional equipage products that protect our joint forces on the battlefield."
BAE Systems said its Individual Equipment group "has almost four decades in entrepreneurship, innovations, and acquisitions in military equipage for the individual."
"To create and build upon the Eclipse line, BAE Systems implements a user response system to identify the most important elements military men and women look for in individual equipment, such as weight and durability. The response system keeps the company in-tune with continuously changing equipment needs on the front line and sets the criteria for future products," the company said.
BAE Systems said it put the Eclipse product line on show "at the annual Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, from Feb. 2-5."
"The Eclipse Performance Military Gear product display includes an array of helmet styles and accessories, load carriage systems, apparel, and body armor," the company said.
"Eclipse gear will be produced in Jessup, Pennsylvania with support from 11 additional facilities within the United States," BAE Systems said.
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