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Armor Designs establishes "Scorpion Works"
Armor Designs Inc., (AIM: ADID, ADIS), the knowledge-based designer and manufacturer of composite armour products targeting numerous sectors, today announces that it has commenced the formation of a dedicated, elite team of scientists and engineers to accelerate the design and commercialisation of new products through the application of its proprietary volumetrically controlled manufacturing ("VCM") methodology. These products will exploit VCM's unique rapid prototyping capability of composite materials.
Internally known as "Scorpion Works", the expanded research and development team will be lead by Dr James St. Ville, inventor of VCM and Chairman of the Company. Based on the principles established and perfected by major defense manufacturers such as Boeing's "Phantom Works" and Lockheed Martin's "Skunk Works"1, Scorpion Works will provide a more focused and structured approach to the design and subsequent commercialisation of new applications with a view to further accelerating the speed by which they can be brought to market.
Dr St. Ville, Chairman of Armor Designs, commented: "We are delighted to announce the formation of Scorpion Works, which the Board is confident will support the full power and capability of VCM as it will enable the Company to quickly model and design optimal solutions for a wide array of armour applications across the broadest spectrum of industries. We believe that this development will create a forum to design new armour materials for future threat levels. By separating our applied R & D efforts from our manufacturing processes, we will be able to accelerate our new application designs whilst simultaneously progressing with our ongoing production."
For further information, please contact:
| Armor Designs, Inc. | |
| Dr. James St. Ville, Chairman | Tel: +1 602 275 4633 |
| Zimmerman Adams International Limited | |
| Graeme Thom / Charity Walmsley | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 2900 |
| graemet@zimmint.com | www.zimmint.com |
| Alexander David Securities Limited | |
| David Scott / Nick Bealer | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7448 9800 |
| david.scott@ad-securities.com | www.ad-securities.com |
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| Henry Harrison-Topham / Joanne Shears | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7709 |
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Notes to Editors
Based in Phoenix, Arizona, Armor Designs specialises in the research, testing, development and commercialisation of composite armour products.
Each of the products being developed by Armor Designs, in whole or in part, is based upon a generic synthetic manufacturing process called volumetrically controlled manufacturing ("VCM"). The VCM process was originally developed by Dr. James St. Ville and involves the creation of a computerised model into which can be inputted the specific tolerances and design constraints of a proposed product. The model then adjusts the composition of the material until the required properties are achieved, through 3D design optimisation. The VCM process gives Armor Designs the potential to rapidly develop new composite armour products which might consist of various materials, such as metals, ceramics, resins and/or fibres, which in combination might share the same or better resistance to penetration as existing armour equivalents but which are, potentially, lighter and more versatile.
The VCM technology is the subject of several US and international patents and patent applications, which are exclusively licensed to Armor Designs' subsidiary, Armor Designs LLC, in the field of use of synthetic armour.
1Lockheed Martin / Boeing
The concept of internal technology teams tasked with spearheading new military technologies has been used by the likes of Lockheed Martin and Boeing since as far back as World War II and was originally driven by the exceptional circumstances of war demanding unusual and exceptional results in as short a time frame as possible. Lockheed Martin’s approach was to mandate a small, very specialist technical team to address particular problems with minimal operational management interference with them being encouraged to develop novel solutions to complex problems. Once they had developed product designs they were passed back to the normal production engineering and manufacturing channels for implementation.
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