National Technical Systems, Calabasas, Calif., announces that it has acquired Chesapeake Testing, which specializes in testing ballistic and armor protection systems. The company joins the NTS network of test, inspection, and certification laboratories.
“Having known and respected NTS over the years as industry leaders and friendly competitors, we couldn’t be more pleased to be joining the NTS family,” says Jim Foulk, founder and CEO Emeritus of Chesapeake. “NTS has the resources and the vision to continue to grow Chesapeake in service of the countless men and women in the armed forces and law enforcement that our ballistic testing helps protect.” Mr Foulk is the new Vice President of Ballistics Technology for NTS.
Chesapeake was founded in 2006 as a body armor testing lab operating two indoor firing ranges. Today, it is a fully accredited and internationally recognized state-of-the-art testing provider with approximately 60,000 square feet of laboratory space in Belcamp, Maryland, adjacent to Aberdeen Proving Ground, and serves customers in more than 15 countries. The facility houses eight indoor firing ranges for testing ballistic and armor protection systems. The company also offers a number of additional capabilities, including environmental conditioning, mechanical testing, forced-entry testing, and nondestructive X-ray and CT scanning
