PSEMC (Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company) offers law enforcement technologies, such as vehicle arresting devices for high-speed pursuits.
ArrestNet™
ArrestNet is an effective vehicle arresting system – it can be remotely deployed and is man-portable. It deploys a high strength net into the path of a target vehicle. This allows the operator the option of Escalation of Force, to end a pursuit non-lethally. The system is equipped with barbed spikes that penetrate tires, which then causes a high strength net to entangle the front wheels of the vehicle, resulting in a safe and controlled stoppage.
Advantages
- Non-lethal vehicle arresting
- Man-portable
- Easily set-up in seconds; No ground anchoring
- Effective on any terrain
- Provides Personnel Standoff and Safety
- Remotely Deployed; System deploys in less than 3 seconds
- Lightweight, high strength net design
- Versatile and modular, allowing for net specific applications
How it works
When the ArrestNet is fired, the gas bottle pressurizes the deployment hoses. Simultaneously, the kicker drives the net and carrier into the roadway laying it down in the path of the oncoming target vehicle. As the vehicle drives over the net, the net is pulled from its folded condition and wraps around the front tires to lock the wheels, thereby arresting the vehicle in a safe and controlled manner. The system can be reused by replacing the pressure bottle and net assembly.
NightHawk™
The NightHawk is the first remotely deployed and retracted vehicle pursuit-stopping system. It uses the proven Stop Stick® tire deflation technology packaged into a small case weighing less than 30 lbs. With hand-thrown units, there is the need to throw a spike strip across the road at just the right moment – a few seconds before the target approaches. Having to do exactly that, the first responder is often in harm’s way. The NightHawk takes the first responder out of the way of oncoming traffic and allows the system to be remotely deployed at just the right time.
Simple to operate, NightHawk’s dual-button remote operates up to 100 feet away. It can be placed on the side of the road and covers up to 24 feet of lane space when deployed. The target vehicle gets no time to react, since the system deploys in less than 2 seconds. The vehicle runs over the spikes eventually resulting in deflated tires. To ensure that no other vehicles are affected – any chasing police cars – the system can then be remotely retracted just as fast. The target vehicle’s tires are also deflated at a controlled pace allowing it to come to a safe stop.
Advantages
- Remotely launched and retracted
- Stop Stick inside
- Zero debris left on the roadway
- Reliable in all weather conditions
Startup
A startup or start-up is a company or project undertaken by an entrepreneur to seek, develop, and validate a scalable business model. While entrepreneurship refers to all new businesses, including self-employment and businesses that never intend to become registered, startups refer to new businesses that intend to grow large beyond the solo founder. At the beginning, startups face high uncertainty and have high rates of failure, but a minority of them do go on to be successful and influential. Some startups become unicorns; that is privately held startup companies valued at over US$1 billion.
Actions
Startups typically begin by a founder (solo-founder) or co-founders who have a way to solve a problem. The founder of a startup will begin market validation by problem interview, solution interview, and building a minimum viable product (MVP), i.e. a prototype, to develop and validate their business models. The startup process can take a long period of time (by some estimates, three years or longer), and hence sustaining effort is required. Over the long term, sustaining effort is especially challenging because of the high failure rates and uncertain outcomes. Having a business plan in place outlines what to do and how to plan and achieve an idea in the future. Typically, these plans outline the first 3 to 5 years of your business strategy.
Design principles
Models behind startups presenting as ventures are usually associated with design science. Design science uses design principles considered to be a coherent set of normative ideas and propositions to design and construct the company's backbone. For example, one of the initial design principles is "affordable loss".
- Log in to post comments