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XTREME ALTERNATIVE DEFENSE SYSTEMS NAMES RETIRED MARINE CORPS LIEUTENANT GENERAL TO ADVISORY BOARD

ANDERSON, IN. (April, 2009) — Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems (XADS),  a pioneering producer of Non-Lethal and anti-materiel Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) based in Anderson, Indiana  has announced the appointment of Lieutenant General John F. Sattler, United States Marine Corps (Ret.), as Mentor to the company's Advisory Board.

A highly decorated officer, General Sattler retired in 2008 after more than 37 years of active duty service. His last post was as Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, J-5, The Joint Staff, based in Washington D.C. General Sattler previously served as Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force and Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command, commanding forces in combat in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy he has also served as the Congressional Liaison Officer to the U.S. House of Representatives, Commanding General, 2D Marine Division and deployed as the Commander, Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa.

“John Sattler is a superb military leader, with significant planning, operations, training and counter terrorism experience”, said Pete Bitar, Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems founder and CEO.   “I am confident that General Sattler will serve with distinction, in helping to guide XADS strategy and policy. We are fortunate to have available within our organization the wealth of knowledge and experience that he has accrued from four decades of service to his country.  John Sattler will help ensure that XADS is focused on assisting our country’s service people in performing their mission in as effective and safe a manner as possible.”

Anderson, IN -- QUARTER 4, 2008 -- XADS was awarded a contract worth $1,100,000 to deliver 20 of its smaller StunStrike Counter-IED systems to NSWC Crane. The funding was made possible by a Congressional Earmark through our Congressman, Mike Pence for FY2008 in October, 2007, and we are pleased that the funding and contract has finally come through to XADS.

The new, modular, "plug-n'-play" C-IED systems have been developed outside of government funding, through internal R&D over the past few years, and we are pleased to be able to release these for DoD use, en masse, in the near future. Already, XADS has found a great deal of interest among several DoD customers, and we look forward to moving into a large-scale production of these new products in 2009.

Pete Bitar, President/CEO of XADS said "with this new contract, XADS is able to answer the demands of the EOD and Counter-IED communities with a product they can use immediately, particularly as a surge in Afghanistan is anticipated".

ANDERSON, IN. -- Quarter 4, 2008 -- Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems (XADS), a pioneering producer of Non-Lethal and anti-materiel Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) based in Anderson, Indiana, has announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Claude V.(Chris) Christianson, United States Army (Ret.), to the company's Advisory Board.

General Christianson retired in June 2008 after more than 37 years of active duty service. His last post was as Director for Logistics, J-4, The Joint Staff, located in the Pentagon. As a recognized leader in the area of logistics technology and logistics management, General Christianson was the principal Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) logistics operator while serving as the C-4/J-4 for the Coalition Forces Land Component Command. That experience has served him well in his subsequent assignments as the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, Department of the Army; and as the J-4 on the Joint Staff. He is committed to leveraging technology in the effort to better support and protect our forces.

“Chris Christianson is a superb military leader, with significant knowledge and experience in the logistics and planning arenas at all levels as well as his early experience as an infantry officer”, said Pete Bitar, Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems founder and CEO. “General Christianson was in charge of the logistics effort during the Iraqi Freedom invasion, coordinating Army, Marine Corps, and British forces in the fastest invasion in military history. I am confident that General Christianson will serve with distinction on the XADS Advisory Board. We are fortunate to have available within our organization the wealth of knowledge and experience that he has accrued in four decades of service to our country. Chris will help ensure that XADS is focused on providing products that will assist our country’s service people in performing their mission in as effective and safe a manner as possible.”

Quarter 4, 2008: XADS received the Indiana Entrepreneurial Leadership Award for Innovation on October 28, 2008. XADS was among a group of 14 other companies to receive the award at the Indiana Roof Ballroom at the Indiana University and Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC)-sponsored gala event. The award was presented to Pete Bitar, CEO and Rick Busby, CTO by Mr. Nate Feltman, Indiana’s Secretary of Commerce.

XADS was the smallest and among the youngest companies in the group, and is extremely honored to be recognized as a peer with the other, amazing Indiana companies, for its technological leadership in the field of developing weapon systems which save lives. XADS is continuing its efforts to drive technology in the military space forward.

Anderson, IN -- Quarter 3, 2008 –  XADS has been selected among the State of Indiana’s inaugural class of the top 50 Companies to Watch, a statewide competition involving over 420 nominated companies, evaluated by the State’s leading financial and business leaders. The Companies to Watch program focuses on high-growth, high-technology companies in early stage development, with annual revenues ranging from $750,000 to $100 million. The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), a State agency focused on economic development, awarded the prize. The award ceremony took place August 27.

 Additionally, XADS won the grand prize of the evening in a drawing, worth $10,000.00 in researcher time from Purdue University. Read more on this story at this link.

XADS Receives Additional Funds for Task Order 2

 

Anderson, IN -- Quarter 3, 2008 -- XADS received an additional $153,206 for work done on Task Order 2, Contract N00164-06-D-6657 as of September 30, 2008, bringing the total contract value to just under $2.7 million. The funding was for work already completed in delivering its patented StunStrike IOD in April, earlier this year. We are looking forward to additional task orders and contracts and expect to be making announcements in Quarter 4 of this year (2008) .
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XADS Awarded Counter-IED Development Contract

Anderson, IN.-- Quarter 4, 2007 -- XADS, a Directed Energy Defense Contracting Firm, announces that they have received a $2.53 Million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, IN for development activities relating to Counter Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) technology. 

The current contract is a subsequent task order based upon an original $1.28 Million R&D contract for C-IED technology received in 2006 for engineering development and verification testing of the StunStrike™ Improvised Ordnance Detonator (IOD). The program was requested by the U.S. Marine Corps and is an outgrowth of technology development and testing activities completed the first quarter of 2007. Delivery of this next generation IOD system will take place in first quarter 2008.  Funding for this latest contract is provided by the US Military's Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO).

XADS President & CEO, Pete Bitar, states that “this effort is an opportunity to provide mission support and protect the soldiers in the field, as well as the innocent lives, against these ruthless devices.  The proprietary StunStrike™ IOD technology, which has been developed and patented by XADS, is proving to be a valuable capability to counter the hazards of roadside bombs and other threats in current theaters of conflict.”



XADS Directs Energies Toward the Future

Anderson, IN , Spring 2005 Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems (XADS) Ltd., a pioneering producer of less-than-lethal defense technologies for use in combat and law enforcement, has been tapped by the Department of Navy to aid in the development of the next generation of non-lethal, directed energy weapons. Pete Bitar, Chief Developer and President of XADS, has forged the alternative weapons field with the innovative StunStrike defense systems. StunStrike, a Department of Defense, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awarded program, is a patent-pending technology, which delivers aimed electrical energy to a specific objective in order to effectively deter or disable a target in a non-lethal manner.

Through a series of DoD SBIR contracts XADS has been commissioned to develop a man-portable, battery-powered Close Quarters unit prototype with a range of up to 10-feet and a vehicle mounted, generator-powered Short Range unit with a scope of approximately 35-feet. The XADS StunStrike units maintain the major potential functions of various security applications including, but not limited to:

* Non-lethal Area Denial
* Vehicle Disabling
* Defense Against Incoming Ordnance
* Controlled Pre-detonation of Improvised Explosive Devices and Land Mines
* Hostage and other Rescue Operations
* Defense of Military Convoys & Outposts

Force Protection Systems Engineer George G. Gibbs of the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command 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.

Additionally, XADS is further extending its reach into the military and law enforcement marketplaces with the state-of-the-art Photonic Disruptor, Green (PD/G) dazzling laser series. The PD/G series, which has been deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom, is designed to flash-blind and disorient an aggressor without any long term effects. This allows the soldier or law enforcement official time to seize control of a potentially hazardous situation. A citizen version (the PDLP) based on the same foundational technology as the military-grade PD/G is available for sale to the general public at the XADS web site, www.XtremeADS.com.

Pete Bitar affirms, XADS believes that the innovative systems we are developing offer military, police forces, private security companies, and even responsible citizens enormous flexibility and options, which could dramatically alter the nature of law enforcement, combat solutions, peacekeeping operations, personal protection and other engagements requiring the deployment of physical force.

XADS seeks to change the nature of the use of force in 21st century military, law enforcement, and security operations by offering practical, non-lethal resolutions for military and police operations.

 

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