Navy
and other U.com
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Information in this release may
involve guidance, expectations,
beliefs, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future.
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S. Investors should consult all of the information set forth
herein and should also refer
to the risk factors disclosure outlined
in our most recent current report on Form 8-K, and other
periodic
reports filed from time-to-time with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.armaments maximus
In February
, Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics
Engineering Consortium (NREC) and United Defense
were selected by the
U.
Experiments are planned for September 2006 and March 2008 to
demonstrate
the robust nature of the technologies.
The firings, which were completed last week at ST Kinetics
' Bukit Timah
range in Singapore, validate the compatibility between Metal Storm's
stacked round
technology and selected ST Kinetics' commercially available
warheads.obstacles omsk
Industry subcontractors
to United Defense include General Dynamics
Robotics Systems (GDRS) and Omnitech Robotics International
(ORI). (OTCBB:LLLI) announced today that company founder and
CEO, Barry Lamperd, has been scheduled
as an expert participant at the
International Law Enforcement Forum (ILEF) 2005. These forward-looking
statements are made as of the date of this news release, and Lamperd
Less Lethal assumes no obligation
to update the forward-looking
statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ
from those projected in the forward-looking statements. The Metal Storm weapons system utilizes
multiple barrels mounted together on one platform which allows varying
munitions types to be deployed
in a single, low cost, lightweight weapon
system. Firing the weapons by electronic ignition requires
no moving
parts, allowing reliable long term unattended weapon operation.howitzers obstacles
S. Gladiator will provide
the
Marines with a tele-operated unmanned ground vehicle for remote combat
tasks, increasing survivability
by identifying and neutralizing
threats and reducing risk to troops
Under the ART-STO, United
Defense will focus on tactical mission
behaviors to reduce soldier operational burden and interaction
,
semi-autonomous perception to enhance operations in unfavorable
conditions, mobility systems
that match manned ground vehicle
operating tempos, survivability technologies that secure vehicles
against certain threats, and embedded diagnostic systems specific to
unmanned systems. Participants
from the United States include the Department
of Homeland Security, plus Metropolitan, county and
state police
agencies. It
positions us to demonstrate a range of selectable munitions in our
integrated weapon systems to defense customers.
Safe Harbor
Certain statements made
herein that use the words "estimate," "project,"
"intend," "expect," "believe" and similar expressions
are intended to
identify forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995.concealment electronically
Business Editors/Defense Writers
SANTA CLARA, Calif.
"We are pleased that TARDEC selected the United Defense approach
as the best solution to further unmanned
ground vehicle system
technologies for ARV," said Buck Tanner, Unmanned Ground Vehicle
Program
Manger for United Defense Ground Systems Division., as of the
date of the release, and we assume
no obligation to update any such
forward looking statements. These weapon systems are being positioned
in the market as
the newest generation of less-lethal weapons suitable for use in a
wide range
of challenging circumstances, including urban warfare,
counter-terrorism, law enforcement, and public
security. The agreement also provides for a broader
relationship in which ST Kinetics would market
Metal Storm 40 mm weapons
systems in selected markets."
~ David SMITH
Chief Executive Officer
, Metal Storm Limited
Metal Storm is exhibiting its technology as a guest of ST Kinetics at the
Asian Aerospace Exhibition in Singapore 21- 26 February 2006.projectiles howitzers
Lamperd Less Lethal's Barry Lamperd
Booked as an Expert Participant at International Law Enforcement Forum --ILEF-- 2005 on Minimal Force
Options
Those confirmed attending
by recent Forum announcement include:
An Garda Siochana
- Republic of Ireland
Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) -- UK
Defence Science
and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) -- UK
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) -- USA
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) -- USA
Metropolitan Police Service, London -- UK
Metropolitan Police (Washington, DC) -- US
Ministry of Public Safety -- Israel
National
Firearms and Tactical Training Unit (NFTTU),
Department of Homeland Security -- USA
National
Institute of Justice (NIJ), Department of Justice --
USA
National Tactical Officers
Association (NTOA) -- USA
New York City Police Department (NYPD) -- USA
New Zealand Police
-- NZ
Northern Ireland Office -- UK
Pennsylvania State Police -- US
Police Executive
Research Forum (PERF) -- US
Home Office Scientific Development Branch, formerly the Police
Scientific Development Branch (PSBD), Home Office -- UK
Police Services of Northern Ireland
(PSNI) -- UK
Police Technical Centre -- Finland
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
-- CA
Springfield, Missouri Police Department -- US
Sussex Police -- UK
Swedish
National Police Board -- SW
West Mercia Constabulary -- UK
West Yorkshire Constabulary
-- UK
Mr. Lamperd has earned an international reputation for being an
expert in non-lethal
equipment and tactics.
Mr Lamperd said this about the Forum, "I believe this is a
particularly
important Forum this year, especially now that
less-lethal tactics are being pursued by the military
and the stun gun
is under fire for failures and deaths. It currently manufactures more than 250 different
products ranging from body protective gear to blunt impact weapons
systems.PRESS RELEASE Metal
Storm and ST Kinetics Successfully Fires Jointly-Developed High Explosive Stacked Rounds
"ST Kinetics is keen to become a total solutions provider for 40 mm
munitions, encompassing both lethal
and less than lethal products.maximus hsv
"Unmanned
ground vehicles will bring a new dimension to the warfighting
effectiveness of units of action by providing them with a capability
they do not have today."
In September 2003 United Defense was selected by the FCS Lead
System Integrator to design and
develop two Armed Robotic Vehicle
(ARV) variants that will reduce soldier exposure in high vulnerability
reconnaissance and assault missions. The ARV-RSTA variant will provide
Reconnaissance, Surveillance
and Target Acquisition for the FCS Units
of Action, while the ARV-Assault variant will provide direct
and
indirect fires under remote control in support of mounted and
dismounted operations. Numerous
factors could cause
or contribute to such differences. He is regularly consulted
by law enforcement
, military, and security agencies throughout North
America and abroad. These forward-looking statements
involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which could cause the
actual results, performance
or achievements of the company to be materially
different from those which may be expressed or implied
by such statements,
including, among others, risks or uncertainties associated with the
development
of the company's technology, the ability of the company to meet
its financial requirements, the ability
of the company to protect its
proprietary technology, potential limitations on the company's technology
,
the market for the company's products, government regulation in Australia
and the US, changes
in tax and other laws, changes in competition and the
loss of key personnel.howstuffworks firing
S.
Statements in this
press release which are not purely historical are
forward-looking statements and include any statements
regarding
beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future.
Metal Storm Limited
(NASDAQ: MTSX) and Singapore
Technologies Kinetics (ST Kinetics) are pleased to announce the successful
firing of a range of jointly-developed, stacked configuration low velocity
40 mm electrically
ignited munitions (EIM).electronically transporting
S. Lamperd will be
participating as a specialist in the use of less-lethal
force. Less than lethal (LTL) munitions development will
be undertaken in the future.
Metal
Storm is working with government agencies and departments, as well as
industry, to develop a variety
of systems utilising the Metal Storm
non-mechanical, electronically fired stacked ammunition system
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Although we
believe that the beliefs, plans, expectations and intentions contained
in this press
release are reasonable, there can be no assurance that
such beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions
will prove to be
accurate. The firings included high
explosive (HE) munitions; enhanced blast
explosive (EBX) munitions and air
burst munitions (ABM). We are
delighted with the results of
our joint developments and their
compatibility with Metal Storm's weapon systems.
It provides
integrated systems, specialty vehicles and their related
services for defence, government and commercial
applications.harmlessly missiles
United Defense Awarded $30.9 Million Army Contract to Develop and Integrate Robotic Technologies
for Armed Vehicles; Competitive Win Follows FCS Armed Robotic
"
About Lamperd Less Lethal Inc
. Such
statements include, but are not limited to, our participation and the
participation of others
at the International Law Enforcement Forum
(ILEF) 2005 and the positioning of our weapons systems
in the market
as the newest generation of less-lethal weapons suitable for use in
urban warfare
, counter-terrorism, law enforcement, and public
security."
~ SEW Chee Jhuen
Deputy President
(Operations) and President Defence Business, ST Kinetics
"The significance of these firings is
that we can now take selected ST
Kinetics commercially available, off the shelf warheads and combine
them
with our own stacked munitions technology to provide an expanding suite of
explosive and
less than lethal munitions.
Through its subsidiary, Advanced Material Engineering Pte Ltd, ST
Kinetics
also designs and manufactures a comprehensive suite of 40 mm munition
solutions, conventional
and smart munitions, advanced protective materials
as well as guided system components.ballistica electromagnetics
United Defense
will
also deliver an ART simulation and integration laboratory (SIL) at the
conclusion of the
second experiment. Government agencies. The statements in this release are not
guarantees of future
performance and actual results could differ
materially from our current expectations.howstuffworks electromagnetics
The platform
demonstrators will be used by the ART program as a step toward
transitioning ART technologies
into the FCS ARV System Development and
Demonstration effort. Lamperd Less
Lethal is a certified
supplier of law enforcement products for the
USA, Canada, and NATO.
Metal Storm's weapon technology
uses computer-controlled electronic
ignition and a system of stacked projectiles, to achieve a completely
non-mechanical gun that is very lightweight and compact, providing a very
high firepower to weight
ratio.heavier nomenclature
S. To learn more about United
Defense, visit http://www. The focus of this
forum will be
"Minimal Force Options" and Mr. We look forward to
capitalizing on these initial achievements to
further the commercial
opportunities between our companies under our teaming agreement. The company
is headquartered in
Brisbane, Australia and incorporated in Australia, with an office in
Arlington
, Virginia. For additional information regarding these and
other risks and uncertainties associated
with the company's business,
reference is made to the company's reports filed from time to time with
the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's Form 20-F.
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----United
Defense
Industries, Inc. Weapon systems,
security systems, advanced tactical behaviors software, and a
diagnostic
/prognostic suite will be integrated in the demonstrator. Such factors include, among others, the inherent
uncertainties associated with the development of an early stage
company in the firearms and munitions
industry and its products and
the entry into new markets for our products. This includes
design
and development, systems integration, production, operations &
support and life cycle management
.ballistics authoritative
9 million U. We value ST Kinetics'
support in achieving this outcome, and plan to utilize this range
of
munitions in a number of existing and planned weapon system projects.harmlessly firing
Under the ARV Robotics
Technology (ART) STO contract - awarded by
the Army's Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM
) - United
Defense will integrate state-of-the-art unmanned platform technologies
leveraged from
Army and commercial developments into a representative
Future Combat Systems (FCS) ARV platform,
and support experimentation
and testing of these systems during demonstrations.uniteddefense. These
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties.omsk authoritative
(NYSE: UDI) continues to expand its role
in
unmanned ground vehicle programs and technologies with the award of a
$30. All
forward-looking
statements included in this release are based upon
information available to United Defense Industries
, Inc. Please refer to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10 K for the year ended December 31, 2004
as
well as other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission for
a further discussion of the factors and risks
associated with our business. The ability to use ST
Kinetics'
off the shelf warheads is a major commercial step for the company.heavier barracuda
We are committed to
furthering technologies
that will bring these capabilities to soldiers as soon as possible. This
will be an excellent
Forum for moving to the next level in policies, procedures, and
equipment
.
Notice Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking
statements", as that
term is defined in Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of
1933
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.missiles transporting
Department of Defense and allies worldwide,
and provides
non-nuclear ship repair, modernization and conversion to the U.S.
About ST Kinetics
ST Kinetics is the land systems arm of Singapore Technologies Engineering.heavier harmlessly
Department of Defense
's Joint Program Office for Robotic Systems
to design, develop and produce the Gladiator tactical
unmanned ground
vehicles (TUGV) for the U.
About United Defense Industries
United Defense
designs, develops and produces combat vehicles,
artillery, naval guns, missile launchers and precision
munitions used
by the U. Representatives will also be participating from Canada,
Great Britain
, Europe and the Middle East. It also provides consultancy, design
and engineering services for homeland
security solutions.authoritative firing
The program will include the delivery of an ART vehicle
demonstration platform
that is autonomously controlled through an
advanced mobility suite, and features a suite of reconnaissance
,
surveillance and target acquisition (RSTA) sensors.
The International Law Enforcement
Forum is an important annual
event attended by United States, Canadian and European law enforcement
officials.
The firings follow from a teaming agreement that was signed by both parties
in
September 2005 to co-develop, produce and market 40 mm munitions for
Metal Storm weapon systems.
ST
Kinetics' munitions are very much a key element in many of our future
projects.
About
Metal Storm
Metal Storm Limited is a multi-national defense technology company engaged
in
the development of electronically initiated ballistics systems using its
unique "stacked projectile
" technology.missiles nomenclature
Marine Corps. New approaches to less-lethal
applications of force must be evaluated
.
Founded in 1994, Lamperd Less Lethal is a multi-national supplier
of less-lethal weapons
and safety equipment to police, government, and
military agencies.obstacles nomenclature
Army Tank-Automotive Research
, Development and
Engineering Center (TARDEC) Science and Technology Objective (STO)
contract.
Business Editors
SARNIA, Ontario----Lamperd Less
Lethal, Inc.bearden heavier
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