PRESS RELEASE
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Graphene Composites USA (GC USA), a number one innovator in ballistic safety, introduced as we speak that its ultralight GC Patrol Shield has turn out to be the primary and solely rifle-rated ballistic protect to go and obtain third-party verification for rifle and shotgun rounds beneath the ASTM E3347-25 commonplace (Standard Specification for Ballistic-Resistant Shields Used by Law Enforcement Officers).
This milestone represents a big development in officer safety and supplies legislation enforcement companies with independently verified, enhanced ballistic resistance that exceeds earlier trade requirements. Third-Party verified edge-shot safety and real-world sturdiness at half the burden of standard shields units excessive trade expectations for Law Enforcement security.
The ASTM E3347-25 check outcome confirms that GC Patrol Shield efficiently protects in opposition to ASTM-Shield-RF1 and ASTM-Shield-SG threats, together with 7.62 x 51mm M80, 7.62 x 39mm MSC, 5.56 x 45mm M193, and 12 Gauge Shotgun 1 oz slug rounds, whereas sustaining structural integrity beneath essentially the most demanding real-world situations. SEI, affiliated with ASTM and chargeable for verifying ASTM commonplace compliance, has verified the GC Patrol Shield check outcome.
Raising the bar for ballistic protect testing
This commonplace is meant to switch the forty-year-old NIJ 0108.01 generic commonplace for ballistic resistant supplies, the place ballistic shields had been self-certified by producers and contained vital testing limitations whereby a protect needed to stand up to 5 broadly spaced photographs, viewports weren’t examined, and no third-party verification was out there.
The ASTM E3347 commonplace addresses these crucial gaps by requiring that shields are examined by third-party, ISO-qualified laboratories that confirm shields carry out beneath ‘real-world’ situations and threats that have an effect on protect efficiency, together with:
- Extreme environmental conditioning (scorching, chilly, and water submersion cycles)
- Viewport testing
- Edge shot testing
- Cluster shot testing
- Angled shot testing
“Being the first and only company to achieve ASTM verification of rifle and shotgun protection with our GC Patrol Shield, is significant validation of our superior ballistic protection technology” mentioned Mox Weber, President, GC USA. “The ability of our ultralight shield to absorb higher-caliber rounds in adverse conditions while retaining integrity, provides law enforcement agencies with independently verified assurance that GC Patrol Shield will perform when officers need it most. We are incredibly proud of this achievement.”
Superior safety with out the burden penalty
GC Patrol Shield achieves ASTM E3347 verification whereas weighing considerably lower than conventional ballistic shields, making it far much less taxing for officers to hold and deploy throughout prolonged operations or speedy response conditions.
About GC Shield®: Bringing tomorrow’s protect to you as we speak, GC Shield represents a quantum leap ahead in light-weight, high-performance ballistic shields and affords customers a degree of safety and mobility that was beforehand unattainable. Technical specs and testing documentation out there upon request. GC Shield and GC Patrol Shield are registered emblems.
About ASTM E3347/E3347M-25
This is the Standard Specification for Ballistic-Resistant Shields Used by Law Enforcement Officers. The function of this specification is to supply efficiency necessities and check strategies for the analysis of ballistic-resistant shields utilized by legislation enforcement officers.
About Safety Equipment Institute (SEI)
SEI is an affiliate of ASTM International and has served as one of many world’s main impartial third-party certification program suppliers. SEI works with authorities companies, requirements growth organizations, governing our bodies, and producers to perform one widespread objective to supply industrial staff, firefighters, first responders, legislation enforcement, athletes, and most people with licensed, trusted security gear.