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DENVER, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Forensic Technology Inc. is proud to be associated with this year's winners of the prestigious 2009 August Vollmer Excellence in Forensic Science Award. Presented during the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference last month in Denver, Colorado, the August Vollmer Award recognizes the innovative use of forensic technology by law enforcement. Rocky Edwards and Louis Martinez of the Santa Ana Police Department won the award for...
POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Point Blank Solutions, Inc. ("PBSI", OTC Pink Sheets: PBSO), a leader in the field of protective body armor, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Point Blank Body Armor, received an award in the amount of $2.4 million from the Defense Supply Center of Philadelphia ("DSCP") to supply its Vision concealable vest and plate carriers to support the U.S. Army's Military Police. The Company will begin production in October 2009...
Using numerical hydrodynamic computer simulations, Lawrence Livermore scientists Willy Moss and Michael King, along with University of Rochester colleague Eric Blackman, have discovered that nonlethal blasts can induce enough skull flexure to generate potentially damaging loads in the brain, even without direct head impact.Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results from mechanical loads in the brain, often without skull fracture, and causes complex, long-lasting symptoms.TBI in civilians is...
POMPANO BEACH, Fla., July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Point Blank Solutions, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: PBSO), a leader in the field of protective body armor, today announced that three of the Company's flagship ballistic armor systems have been certified as meeting new rigorous performance standards set forth by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ). The NIJ has granted Levels IIA and II certification, respectively, to Point Blank's BIIA and BII ballistic models, which will be available...
SPINDALE, N.C., May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- First Choice Armor & Equipment, Inc. announced today the addition of Mr. Jim Hodges to its senior management team. Mr. Hodges has over 35 years of federal government service, with 20 years of that in the US Armed Forces (Army). Hodges spent 15 years as a civilian government employee and worked in Life Cycle Program Management, including Individual Soldier Equipment and Soldier Protection items. He is experienced in research, development,...
While today's law enforcement officers don't wear utility belts full of crimefighting gadgets like Batman, they do rely on a variety of state-of-the-art technologies to do their jobs efficiently and safely. Two of these devices"”down-the-road (DTR) radar used in speed enforcement and the ballistic chronograph, which measures the speed of bullets"”soon should be more useful tools thanks to recent research conducted by the Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) at the National Institute...
POINT MUGU, Calif., March 27, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-2 Block IV missile intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile target at the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division. The SM-2 Block IV engagement demonstrated a near-term, sea-based capability for destroying short-range ballistic missiles in their terminal or final phase of flight. During the same test, a Raytheon SM-2 Block IIIA missile intercepted and destroyed a...
TRUMBULL, Conn., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The US Army has honored M Cubed Technologies with a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Success Story Award for the development and commercialization of advanced ceramic armor for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The ceramic armor plates have improved durability and multi-hit performance through the use of a multi-phase microstructure that results in reduced cracking. The new armor was developed under the Army's SBIR program which enables...
ATK'S 52-YEAR HISTORY OF SUBMARINE MISSILE PROPULSION EXTENDED THROUGH 2011 MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) has received a $90 million contract from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to produce solid rocket propulsion systems for all three stages of the U.S. Navy's Trident II (D-5) Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM). Under terms of the annual contract, ATK will continue to supply Trident solid rocket propulsion systems to the Trident II (D-5) Missile...
LOS ANGELES, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group (UPDPG) is creating a video game based on Universal Pictures' blockbuster action-thriller "Wanted", starring James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie. The game will be published worldwide by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and is being developed by renowned game developer GRIN, best known for its work on the Tom Clancy: Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter series and the upcoming Bionic Commando. The...
