On Thursday, October 11, TDI welcomed more than a dozen members of the news media to the Blackwater USA Training Facilities in Moyock, North Carolina, for a fully interactive two-hour program to showcase the company's newly completed KRISS Vector SMG .45 ACP (Military and Law Enforcement) and Vector CRB/SO .45 ACP (Civilian Carbine) weapons.

This new line incorporates an unprecedented technological breakthrough that increases weapon controllability by reducing muzzle climb by as much as 90 percent and felt recoil by as much as 50 percent.

The event provided members of the media with the unique opportunity to experience first-hand the features and benefits of these products, scheduled for institutional and public release in January 2008.

The sun-splashed day began with a classroom program at which TDI CEO Chuck Kushell, Senior Vice President Andrew Finn, Vice President Tim Lindsay and others described and displayed the mechanics and the physics of the weapons, followed by a tactical demonstration and an opportunity for those in attendance to fire the weapons.

Links:

• WAVY-TV
• The Virginian-Pilot
  

Photos:

Andrew Finn showcasing the KRISS Vector SMG .45 ACP

Andrew Finn and Chuck Kushell with two versions of the Vector CRB/SO .45 ACP

Andrew Finn demonstrating a model of the next generation prototype

Weapons and ammo on display

TDI employees participate in tactical demonstration

Media covering tactical demonstration

Wendy Morgan of Women in Scope Television fires the KRISS Vector SMG .45 ACP

TDI Consultant Chris Costa with Wendy Morgan and John Yenason

Kenneth Burkom with TDI’s Tom Maffin

David Moose Brown examines a weapon under the watchful eyes of TDI’s Tom Maffin

A full lineup of media and TDI staff assemble on the Blackwater shooting range

L-R, TDI personnel: Andrew Finn, Mike Hartnett, Tom Maffin, Jan Henrik Jebsen (Chairman), Chuck Kushell, Tim Lindsay.