ABC World News Tonight and Nightline Feature Force Protection, Inc.LADSON, S.C. -- Force Protection, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :FRPT FRPT Force Protection, Inc. (stock symbol) ) and its Cougar cougar: see puma. cougar or puma or mountain lion or panther Species (Puma concolor) of large, graceful cat that lives in a wide variety of habitats in the Americas, from southern Alaska to Patagonia. and Buffalo armored vehicles were featured on ABC's World News Tonight with Charles Gibson
Charles "Charlie" Dewolf Gibson and Nightline Wednesday night. In special reports by reporter Bob Woodruff Robert Warren "Bob" Woodruff (born August 18, 1961) is an American television journalist. Although his journalism career dates back to 1989, he is most widely known for briefly replacing Peter Jennings as co-anchor of ABC News' weekday news broadcast, World News Tonight in January , which included pre-broadcast promos of the stories on Force Protection, the vehicles were called the "gold standard" because they provide the "best protection yet against the scourge of improvised explosive devices." ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. noted that IEDs are the cause of more than 55% of all U.S. combat deaths. Woodruff called Force Protection a "military industrial machine in overdrive" that is producing vehicles that have a proven field record of countering these explosive threats. "We're hearing from commanders on the ground," said Force Protection Vice President Michael Aldrich. "They are telling us, 'We know what works, get it to us.'" U.S. Army Sergeant Charles Deans is one of hundreds of troops who have experienced an explosive attack first hand while conducting an explosive ordnance disposal The detection, identification, on-site evaluation, rendering safe, recovery, and final disposal of unexploded explosive ordnance. It may also include explosive ordnance which has become hazardous by damage or deterioration. Also called EOD. mission. "We were riding along and felt a bump, and thought we'd been hit," he said. "We just kept on going and later got out to take a look. It didn't affect the truck at all." Woodruff reported that the V-shaped hull design deflects the force of a blast away from passengers inside Force Protection's vehicles. Despite countless attacks, no one has been killed in a Cougar vehicle, he added. To view the World News Tonight report in its entirety, go to http://abcnews.go.com/WNT. To view the Nightline report, go to http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline. About Force Protection Force Protection, Inc. manufactures ballistic- and mine-protected vehicles through its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. . These specialty vehicles are protected against landmines, hostile fire In insurance law, a combustion that cannot be controlled, that escapes from where it was initially set and confined, or one that was not intended to exist. A hostile fire differs from a friendly fire, which burns in a place where it was intended to burn, such as one confined , and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs, commonly referred to as roadside bombs). Force Protection's mine and ballistic protection technology is among the most advanced in the world. The vehicles are manufactured outside Charleston, S.C. For more information, go to www.forceprotection.net. This release contains forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements concerning our business, future plans and objectives and the performance of our products. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties ultimately may not prove to be accurate. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Technical complications may arise that could prevent the prompt implementation of the strategic plan outlined above. The company cautions that these forward looking statements are further qualified by other factors including, but not limited to, those set forth in the company's Form 10-KSB filing and other filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (available at http://www.sec.gov). The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any statements in this release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. |
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