Crowd Control

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » June 17, 2004, 3:45 pm

http://webindia123.com/news/showdetails ... &cat=World

Ok, this is nuts if it is remotely true

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » June 17, 2004, 3:51 pm

No true, look at it, they use free hosting, a lycos email address for the President and I have seen better weapon mockups in movies.

http://www.xtremeads.com/

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » June 17, 2004, 3:58 pm

Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems
Funded through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, XADS’s cutting edge weapon, called the StunStrike™, can temporarily disable an enemy combatant without using any form of projectile or other means of direct contact.

Pete Bitar, the weapon’s inventor and President of XADS, said this is possible because, unlike a Taser™ device, the StunStrike™ system does not require wires to transmit a non-lethal electric jolt. “This gives the military, police forces, or private security companies enormous flexibility,” he said. “It could dramatically alter the nature of law enforcement, war, peacekeeping operations, and other conflicts requiring the deployment and use of physical force.”

Force Protection Systems Director George G. Gibbs of the U. S. Marine Corps Systems Command echoed Bitar’s remarks: "The Marine Corps continues to look to the future for new and innovative ideas. The Phaser (on Stun) was certainly invented by the Star Trek series, but StunStrike™ invented by XADS is the closest thing there is to bringing that fiction to reality.
Once proven, this will be a tremendous asset for the Department of Defense."

The $750,000 contract to develop a family of prototypes for XADS’s “StunStrike™” system comes on the heels of an earlier $100,000 Department of Defense contract to show the feasibility of the innovative new weapon. This original SBIR contract was also matched by a $100,000 grant from the State of Indiana’s 21st Century Research and Technology Fund, bringing to $950,000 the amount XADS has been awarded in R&D funds. The State grant will be used to commercialize the StunStrike™ product line by helping pay expenses beyond the parameters of the SBIR contract.

Bitar, who came to Anderson from Portland, Oregon, nine years ago, began designing the device in 2002 and has a pending patent on its unique technology.

XADS is the first company in Madison County to receive an SBIR contract. The company currently has no debt and is positioned well to grow rapidly with its markets. StunStrike™ prototypes are currently under construction and nearing completion. Three product lines are anticipated, of varying size, application, and range. Two of them will be ready for testing later in 2004, with the third to be completed and tested in 2005.

John Hagen, Executive Director of the Corporation for Economic Development in Madison County, stated that Bitar’s innovative product is, hopefully, the first of many such technological advances. “XADS represents the kind of ‘new company’ we are trying to cultivate in Anderson,” he said. “The military is very excited about it, and we are anticipating great success from the company’s efforts.”

The development of StunStrike™ technology will allow military and law enforcement personnel to engage multiple hostiles at the same time with less-than-lethal force. For example, hostage situations can be diffused without risk of collateral damage or fatalities. Riot control can be handled with authority, but without causing harm to either police or rioters. The system can also be re-tuned to disable vehicle ignition systems, stopping cars or trucks without destroying them.

Lt. Mike Reed, in charge of the S.W.A.T. team for the city of Anderson Police Department, said, “the StunStrike™ is potentially a great less-lethal alternative to the weapons currently available to police departments and S.W.A.T. teams. We have been talking to XADS about a longer term relationship to become a test and training site. This could also be, economically speaking, a great opportunity for Anderson and the Department. We’re hoping XADS can develop the weapon to its full potential.”

XADS’s long range goal is to change the nature of the use of force in military and law enforcement actions by offering the StunStrike™ technology on a large scale. XADS is also developing other technologies for the defense and law-enforcement markets.

Inquiries about StunStrike™ or XADS should be directed to Pete Bitar. He can be reached by phone at 765-641-9865 or by e-mail at pete@XtremeADS.com.

Source: Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems (XADS) Ltd.,

From inside Indiana Business website, where XADS is located. Note The development of StunStrike™ technology will allow military and law enforcement personnel to engage multiple hostiles at the same time with less-than-lethal force, seems to be more true then false that he is at least being funded.

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » June 17, 2004, 4:17 pm

Our Chanters need this.

Krurk · Post by **Krurk** » June 17, 2004, 5:25 pm

Some of the terminology was off, plus a 750,000k grant to develop the system seems awfuly low.

Besides, sonic systems have been in development for years and offer a more viable alternative to a system based on electricity which would likely require a large power source to be lugged around with it. Current sonic systems simply produce soundwaves that are non-lethal but cause severe pain and disorientation to the vicitm, much like a Celine Dione concert.

Forthe · Post by **Forthe** » June 17, 2004, 5:27 pm

Don't be h8ing Celine unless you want her #1 sweedish fan Drolgin hunting you down.

Krurk · Post by **Krurk** » June 17, 2004, 5:36 pm

Think I am safe, he can't drive his Volvo across the Atlantic to get me!