Army awards $49 million holster contract for M17, M18 handguns

By Chris Eger

Images of M17s fielded with the Army currently in circulation often show Safariland’s Level III 7TS holster series in use. (Photo: U.S. Army)
The Pentagon announced Monday that a Virginia-based distributor won a contract to supply holsters for the Army’s new Modular Handgun System.
Atlantic Diving Supply was awarded a $49 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Modular Handgun Holster to be used with the M17 and M18 pistols adopted last year by the service. While the numbers and type of holster to be supplied were not disclosed, and ADS declined to comment on the award when contacted by Guns.com, the large Virginia logistics company, specializing in blanket GSA contracts, include in their supply chain a number of holsters by Safariland, S&S Precision, LBT, and Raptor, among others.
Images of M17s fielded with the Army currently in circulation often show Safariland’s Level III 7TS holster series in use with smaller contracts recently issued for the 7TS in its Automatic Locking System variant. Additionally, the Army has issued limited contracts for inside-the-waistband holsters for the smaller M18 variant of the MHS, made to accommodate the Inforce APLc compact weapon mounted light for delivery to Fort Bragg, home to several special operations units. The Bragg contract

Source: Guns.com