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If confirmed, the Plan will allow Airtronic - the largest woman-owned small arms manufacturer in the United States - to emerge from chapter 11 bankruptcy debt-free with adequate working capital PALM BEACH, Fla., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Digital Solutions, Inc. (OTCPink: GDSI), a company that is positioning itself as a leader in providing knowledge-based and culturally attuned social consulting and security-related solutions in unsettled areas, announced today that its...
The first in-depth examination of the Linux tech that holds the smart rifle's system together. Austin, TX (PRWEB) June 03, 2013 TrackingPoint's goal wasn't simply to create a better rifle when they began incorporating Linux and high tech laser rangefinders into their early firearm systems, instead it was to make the best smart rifle offered in the world, period. First shown off to the tech community at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Expo in Los Angeles, the company implements a...
Smart Rifle lands first magazine cover with their .338 Lapua Model. Austin, TX (PRWEB) June 01, 2013 The SHOT Show special issue of Gun World Magazine has hit newsstands, and features a variety of new firearms available for purchase in 2013. Featured prominently on the cover is the TrackingPoint XS1 .338 Lapua Magnum precision long range hunting rifle, the world's first Precision Guided Firearm. Also on the cover are Benelli's 12GA Super Vinci shotgun, the Mossberg MVP bolt gun,...
Smart rifle owner's guides in video and text are now available for all to view on TrackingPoint's company website. Austin, TX (PRWEB) June 02, 2013 Wednesday, March 15th, Precision Guided Firearm manufacturer and Texas applied-technology startup TrackingPoint began shipping the first of its .338 Lapua and .300 Winchester precision rifle systems to customers. Since launching in January of 2013 and announcing a partnership with top firearms maker Remington earlier this month,...
Contract is the first in what is expected to be a series of contracts involving Airtronic's weapons-related core business products PALM BEACH, Fla., May 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Digital Solutions (OTC PINK:GDSI), a company that is positioning itself as a leader in providing knowledge-based and culturally attuned social consulting and security-related solutions in unsettled areas, announced today that Airtronic USA ("Airtronic") has received the first in what is expected to be...
Guarded Firearms Industry collaboration releases preliminary details after online guesswork. Austin, TX (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 The first announcement of the collaboration came without a listing for TrackingPoint, as Remington Arms released a YouTube video with no announcement in late May. The video featured high tech lab and testing imagery, as well as redacted footage of rifles being tested. Online firearms media site Guns.com picked up quickly on the video, and guessed at the...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The US Navy has used dolphins to hunt for undersea mines and dogs have been used to sniff out bombs on land. Now, scientists are incorporating honeybees in the hunt for unexploded landmines in Croatia and possibly other war-ravaged countries in the Balkans. Bees have a perfect sense of smell and scientists believe that smell might save hundreds of lives if they can be trained to sniff out the odor from unexploded ordnance (UXOs)....
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The US Navy has recovered an exceptionally rare artifact off the coast of Coronado, California – and if that wasn’t enough, the item in question was actually discovered not by humans, but by trained dolphins. The find was a rare 19th century Howell torpedo, and according to The Huffington Post it is one of only 50 ever manufactured and only one of two still in existence. It was found by dolphins which were reportedly being...
Tracking Moving Targets, Shooting From Helicopters, and Extreme Accuracy at Distance Captured In Slow Motion High Definition Video Austin, TX (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 Armed with .338 Lapua Magnum and .300 Winchester Magnum Precision Guided Firearms, a Phantom slow motion camera, a RED Epic and a RED Scarlet, the TrackingPoint team took to the hunting grounds and ranges of their native Texas to showcase latest capability developments of Precision Guided Firearms in real world hunting and...
ATK's Third Stage Rocket Motor (TSRM) Provides Critical Capability and Mission Flexibility for the Standard Missile-3 Interceptor ARLINGTON, Va., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK), the nation's leading solid rocket motor producer, provided critical components for the recent successful Flight Test Mission-19 (FTM-19) missile defense test involving a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB guided missile. The SM-3 was launched from a U.S. Navy Aegis Cruiser off the coast of...
