BlastGard International Receives Order For Insensitive Munitions Packaging Testing
September 3, 2008 -- Tampa, FL -- BlastGard International, Inc. (OTCBB: BLGA), the creator of blast mitigation products and services, today announced receipt of a formal purchase order from the U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center ("AMRDEC"). The specific project work and testing is classified but the project is for a retrofit Insensitive Munitions Packaging ("IM Packaging") solution using special BlastGard formed sections and BlastWrap® inserts into the existing (shipping / storage /loading) "pods" of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System ("GMLRS").
"This is a significant development in our efforts to demonstrate BlastWrap's effectiveness in IM Packaging. IM are munitions which don't react more violently than burning when subjected to fast or slow heating, bullet or fragment impact and they don't detonate when subjected to shape charge jet impact or when another munition detonates in a stack. Mitigating the damaging effects of these events, which can destroy valuable materials and result in injury or the loss of human life continues to be BlastGard's primary mission," said John L. Waddell, Jr., President.
About AMRDEC
The U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC), a subordinate laboratory to the Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), is the Army's focal point for providing research, development, and engineering technology and services for aviation and missile platforms across the lifecycle. AMRDEC is a world-class facility with approximately 2,500 employees, including more than 1,900 scientists and engineers who provide technical services and conduct scientific research and development in disciplines that support AMRDEC customer platforms and weapons systems. AMRDEC conducts operations in approximately 1.7 million square feet of facilities with a total investment exceeding $975 million per year. As a result of the vast resources that AMRDEC can bring to bear to support its customers, AMRDEC's annual revenue exceeds $1.5 billion. |
