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U.S. Congress to Receive Expeditionary Capabilities Consortium (ECC) Briefings

During the week of April 11, 2011, the Executive Vice President of M2 Technologies, Inc. discussed with members of the U.S. Congress the ongoing research of the Expeditionary Capabilities Consortium (ECC). The President of Kansas State University and the College Deans also conducted office calls in the same time frame. Under the guidance and sponsorship of the Director, Science and Technology, Program Executive Officer Land Systems (PEO LS) – U.S. Marine Corps, the ECC forms interdisciplinary teams and conducts fundamental research.

ECC emphasis is on creating new knowledge and training the future workforce while bringing cutting-edge technical capabilities, critical to mission requirements of today’s and tomorrow’s warfighter, to transitionable maturity. Topics on the slate for discussion that week were recent developments in Stand-Off Bomb (IED) Detection, Robotics and Sensors, and Human Factors. Rounding out this series of talks were discussions regarding plans for new projects slated to start under the ECC umbrella in Fiscal Year 2012.

M2's Executive Director Elevated to Executive Vice President

Bancroft McKittrick has been named Executive Vice President, joining Janet Morris, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and Chris Morris, Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer(COO) on the senior management and leadership team of M2 Technologies, Inc. (M2). Mr. McKittrick, who has been M2’s Executive Director for the past 7 years, has been with M2 since 2000.

M2 Demonstrates the Fragmentation Infrared Tracking (Frag-IT) System

M2, with support from our subcontractor, CABEM Technologies, successfully conducted a data capture demonstration of M2’s Fragmentation Infrared Tracking (FragIT) system at the Army Research Lab (ARL), Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. The United States Air Force, ARL, Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate (SLAD), and Aberdeen Proving Grounds representatives attended the demonstration. The data capture was of an RPG (MANPAD) containing a one pound warhead. The University of Kentucky is currently processing the data for the final report.

Recent Contract Awards

M2, as a team member on the SURVICE CEOss team, is pleased to announce that the SURVICE team received a CEOss contract award at MCB Quantico, VA. The 5-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract will provide the United States Marine Corps and other USMC customers with the ability to acquire the products and services it requires to support its mission.

M2, as a team member on the nFocus team for the Combined Arms Center Omnibus, from Fort Leavenworth, KS, is pleased to announce that the nFocus team was awarded a prime contract. The 5-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Omnibus contract will provide the United States Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth (USACACFL) with the ability to acquire the products and services it requires to support its mission to prepare the Army for the Global War on Terrorism and transform it to meet future threats.

M2 Selected as an 'Early Pick' Presenter for the World's Best Technology Innovation Marketplace

M2 Technologies, Inc. (M2) was selected as an ‘early pick’ presenter to showcase the Vehicle Stopping Foam (VSF) technology to investors, licensees, and tech commercialization professionals at the World’s Best Technology (WBT) Innovation Marketplace in March 2011. The WBT Innovation Marketplace has emerged as the nation's premier event showcasing the largest collection of vetted technologies emanating from top universities, labs, research institutions, and the private sector from across the country. Working in partnership with Kansas State University, M2 developed the VSF that provides a non-lethal, stand-off technology for stopping a vehicle’s engine.

When ingested into an automobile’s air induction system, the protein-stabilized carbon dioxide (CO2) foam simultaneously quenches combustion and blocks pores in the vehicle’s air filter. Replacing the air filter and cleaning the induction system restores engine functionality. The prototype foam has no significant environmental implications and is equally effective against gas and diesel engines. M2 envisions that the foam, when employed with an adequate dispenser, can provide a complete system solution. The VSF system could operate as a stand-alone device or as part of a layered defense in conjunction with other pre-emplaced devices or barriers.

M2 and KSU Standoff Bomb Detection Technology Highlighted in R-Tech Newsletter

The “Powers of Detection” article was published in the September 2010 issue of the R‐Tech Newsletter. M2 Technologies, Inc. (M2) and Kansas State University (KSU), collaboratively as a part of the Expeditionary Capabilities Consortium (ECC), are investigating the use of ionizing radiation beams and a template matching procedure to interrogate a target for explosives. The unique scanning technology could result in a Standoff Bomb Detection (SBD) device that analyzes both gamma and neutron radiation to determine whether a target contains conventional explosives. The R‐Tech Newsletter is part of the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s First Responder Technologies (R‐Tech) outreach program to Federal, tribal, state, and local first responders.

Program Executive Officer, Land Systems Awards Contract to M2 Technologies, Inc.

On August 10th, M2 Technologies, Inc. (M2) was awarded a $2.1 million contract from the United States Marine Corps Program Executive Officer, Land Systems (PEO, Land Systems) to provide support services necessary for the evaluation of emerging technologies and the research and development of high priority PEO, Land Systems and Marine Corps technology development objectives. Efforts will focus on six strategic areas: Power and Energy; Fuel Efficiency; Modeling and Simulation; Enhanced Safety, Survivability and Force Protection; Persistent Surveillance and Sensors; and Support to PEO, Land Systems. These services will be provided by M2’s Expeditionary Capabilities Consortium (ECC).

M2, in partnership with Kansas State University (KSU), operates the ECC, formerly known as the Urban Operations Laboratory (UOL). The ECC will explore technologies that fulfill high priority capability gaps, provide enhancements, and develop material solutions for USMC Expeditionary Forces. The projects undertaken will help ensure the USMC has the enabling technological tools to serve as a multi-capable expeditionary fighting force in 2025 and beyond. Efforts under this contract will focus on the following tasks: Power and Energy to decrease demands on logistics systems by providing new ways to generate, store, and distribute power on the battlefield; Fuel Efficiency (Energy Conservation) to improve Tactical Wheeled Vehicle (TWV) fuel efficiency and small unit energy self-sufficiency during long duration, distributed and enhanced company operations; Modeling and Simulation to shorten material development cycles and the ability to predict/counter enemy actions; Enhanced Safety, Survivability, and Force Protection designed to improve the overall health and long-term sustainability of both Marines and materiel in austere environments and under harsh conditions; Persistent Surveillance and Sensors to improve battle space awareness in real and near-real time while decreasing the need for dedicated robotic operators and data analysts; and providing Support to PEO, Land Systems in developing strategies for emerging materiel development that are sustainable and take into account fully burdened life-cycle costs and potential human health and environmental impacts.

M2 Joins EDGE Innovation Network

M2 Technologies, Inc. (M2) joins the EDGE Innovation Network. Sponsored by General Dynamics C4 Systems, the EDGE functions as a revolutionary model where industry and academia collaborate to deliver new technologies and innovative capabilities to users. Membership in the EDGE® Innovation Network recently surpassed 100 organizations worldwide. M2 serves as a technology member offering subject matter expertise in research and development of innovative technologies.

M2's Owners Make Special Contribution to Aid Disabled US Veterans

Spring Loaded aka 'Duallie' (like the truck), a seven year old Morgan gelding sired by UVM Springfield and out of Stonemere Caprice and raised at Paradise Morgans in Versailles, KY is now in residence at the Central Kentucky Riding For Hope facility (www.ckrh.org) on the grounds of the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY, site of the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games in October 2010. Riding For Hope joins an alliance of equine therapy providers seeking to offer comprehensive equine therapy options to disabled US veterans. Duallie's proud owners, Chris and Janet Morris, donated him to CKRH only after he qualified by passing rigorous suitability tests. For his new job at CKRH, Duallie has begun a ninety day orientation program to prepare him to help a broad spectrum of patients with disabilities ranging from physical to emotional issues. If you visit the Kentucky Horse Park, stop by Riding For Hope and say hello to this remarkable equine caregiver.

Events

Conferences, Symposiums, and Workshops

M2 Technologies, Inc. will be in attendance at the following events in 2011:

• Ground Robotics Capabilities Conference & Exhibition, Orlando, FL
• World's Best Technology Innovation Marketplace, Arlington, TX
• Joint Service Power Expo, Myrtle Beach, SC