from the current army guide

http://www.army-guide.com/eng/AGM.php?issue=72

Contracts

Metal Storm signs PNG contract

Metal Storm has been awarded a major production contract to supply 500 MAUL weapons and 50,000rounds of non-lethal ammunition.

The contract, valued at US$3,365,000, has been placed by the Correctional Service of Papua New Guinea andwas signed by the Minister of Correctional Service, the Honourable Tony Aimo MP and the Acting CorrectionalService Commissioner Henry Wavik.

MAUL weapons will be deployed to Correctional Service Officers in charge of security at prison facilitiesthroughout the country, providing non-lethal response capabilities that can be lifted to immediate lethalresponse if necessary.

Tony Aimo said that PNG Correctional Service saw the capacity of MAUL to deliver a rapid and escalatingresponse as exactly what was necessary for security in PNG prisons.

"PNG is delighted to be able to source weapons at the leading edge of shotgun technology and we hope in duecourse to have about 1,500 of these weapons in service," the Minister said.

He expects ratification of the urgent purchase through the usual government protocols shortly, and the first 50weapons to be delivered by February 2011.

Metal Storm CEO Dr Lee Finniear said the production contract was a watershed for the company after manyyears of research, development and testing.