SANTA FE, N.M., May 2 (UPI) -- Sigma Labs Inc. has announced a contract from the U.S. Army to produce lighter, more energetic next-generation munitions.
The development of the munitions under the contract from the Army's Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, Sigma Labs has teamed with one of the largest ordnance manufacturers in the United States and expects the contract to generate up to $135,000 in revenues.
"The close working relationship we have with our teaming partner will enable more rapid deployment of this technology to the defense market and greater participation in current and future weapons programs of record," said Mark Cola, president of Sigma Labs Inc.
The identity of the ordnance manufacturer Sigma has teamed with wasn't disclosed.
Sigma Labs Chief Executive Officer Richard Mah said the company believes its patent-pending technology "will allow weapons to carry twice as much energetic material for every pound of weapon delivered, or to pack the same explosive punch in a much smaller weapon."
Sigma Labs Inc. comprises leading scientists and engineers from Los Alamos National Laboratory with more than 75 years of combined industrial research and development experience and has become a developer of manufacturing and materials technologies.
