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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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