Bowser - I share your concern. The are three possible reasons I can think of for a larger furnace ordered recently:
1. Other formulations of Kryron require different temperatures for processing,
2. Larger batch sizes are necessary for other applications,
3. Pending orders may exceed what the existing furnaces are capable of.
I don't have any more facts than you do. The delay in NIJ is frustrating, especially when I know the competition is on the approval board and really don't want BORK to succeed. If any single word is out of place on the submission or the test report then expect the competitor to jump all over it. This is all out war for Ceradyne.
Like everyone else, I expected NIJ cert about now or whenever the maximum time for processing has elapsed. I don't think anyone in the body armor community wants a new comer showing them up.
NIJ will come in time, and like you and others I am hoping soon. Meanwhile, I expect BI to work hard on every possible sales potential and maximize the company.
The lack of information is something I expected long before now. I am sure of only one thing and that is that their lawyer told them to knock off the leaks. They were not behaving correctly for a public traded company. Insider leaks can launch help from the SEC, and others, that none of us want to see happen. Leaks can also alert the competition to countermeasures against BORK.
This is one of those cases where silence is golden. Not what I like but willing to live with it because that is the way successful businesses operate.
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