At their AUSA booth, Gore is showing a new superlight 2-layer jacket made from their newly named Pyrad material. When we saw the flame resistant material last year, Gore was calling it "Gore Military Fabric". Gore built the new jacket in advance of the Army's RFI for the 4th Gen ECWS program.
The material in the jacket is laminated to a 70d nylon face fabric that gives a textured hand. The crinkled look makes it easy to see at a glance if a soldier is wearing an FR garment. The jacket feels about as light, if not lighter than a jacket made from Gore-Tex Pro Shell.
