Summary
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has been awarded a $5 million order for the M1 Portable Vehicle Arresting Barrier (PVAB) by the U.S. Army Office of the Program Manager - Close Combat Systems, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., under a previously awarded multi-year contract. This contract supports the Army's Rapid Equipping Force operation needs. Units are scheduled to deliver through early 2012.
The patented M1 PVAB was jointly developed by General Dynamics and the Army's Armament Research Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC). It is certified by the Army as a true "non-lethal" vehicle barrier. The PVAB provides safe and non-lethal means to capture and contain vehicles and their occupants at key traffic control checkpoints and has been deployed during the past decade in portable and permanent installations around the world. The PVAB is type- classified and is in service with U.S. Army, Marine Corps and Navy security forces.See the full content of this document
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In standby mode, the PVAB's capture net assembly is housed in a ...
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