Abu Dhabi Proof House Upgrades Capabilities To Level IV Ballistic Tests
Faizan Hashmi Published February 25, 2021 | 05:00 PM
Abu Dhabi, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 25th Feb, 2021) The Abu Dhabi Proof House participated in the International Defense Exhibition (IDEX 2021), to showcase its services and advanced capabilities in testing the quality and safety of firearms, ammunition and defense and military equipment.
Proof House is the centre for testing firearms and ammunition, created as part of a collaboration between the Abu Dhabi Police and Tawazun Economic Council (Tawazun).
The House, the first of its kind in the African and Asian regions, provides a wide range of services, using cutting-edge technologies, to test and certify different types of firearms, as well as heavy equipment, a competitive advantage that puts it among the world’s top test centres, mainly concentrated in Europe.
Ali Al Ka’abi, Director the Abu Dhabi Proof House, said the centre recently expanded its evaluation and testing facilities to Level IV ballistic tests, to include bulletproof body armors and armored vehicles. The move, he continued, comes as part of the centres’ plans to meet the growing demand from the armed forces and other law enforcement and security organisations.
"The Abu Dhabi Proof House boasts unique capabilities to test bulletproof body armors that can resist ammunition up to 14.5mm caliber. This is a very advanced level and one of the highest at similar test facilities around the world," he added.
Al Ka’abi underlined the importance of the Abu Dhabi Proof House’s debut participation in the International IDEX 2021 as part of Tawazun’s Pavilion, saying it reflects the facility’s growing role within the integrated firearms and ammunition ecosystem in the UAE.
He revealed plans to expand the Abu Dhabi Proof House’s operations across the UAE and the region.
In 2012, the Abu Dhabi Proof House became internationally accredited by means of the UAE joining the Brussels-based Comission Internationale Permanente Pour l`Epreuve des Armes à Feu portatives (CIP).
The Proof House is a CIP accredited centre to test and certify all UAE made weapons and ammunition to ensure that all specifications for international markets are met.
According to Al Ka’abi, the centre also performs inspections and tests to repaired firearms at its state-of-the art laboratory in Abu Dhabi and helps in investigations of accidents caused by firearms malfunction, whilst providing technical consultations and training on the use and safety of firearms and ammunition.
"There is an ongoing collaboration with the international government authorities. We exchange information on unlicensed firearms or illegal weapon trade and we also perform calibration of weapons and ammunition used by law enforcement agencies to ensure that they are safe and free of any manufacturing defects." he said.
Founded in 1914, the CIP, or the Permanent International Commission for the Proof of Small Arms, sets standards for safety testing of firearms. Its members are the national governments of 14 countries including the UAE, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Chile, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Russia, Slovakia, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Related Topics
Recent Stories
HEC reviews curricula for environmental sciences degree programme
ICC Asia looking forward to an action-packed Asia Cricket Week
Yuvraj Singh named ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Ambassador
Greece hands Olympic flame to 2024 Paris Games hosts
Two Kyiv hospitals evacuating over feared Russian strikes
World must act on neurotech revolution, say experts
Charles & Catherine's cancer diagnoses
Champions Alcaraz and Sabalenka through in Madrid Open
King Charles to resume some public duties during cancer treatment: palace
US defense chief announces $6 bn in security aid for Ukraine
Heavy rains cause damage to Spezand-Taftan railway track
Woman stabbed in Israel, attacker killed: police
More Stories From Middle East
-
UAE announces ‘Zero Bureaucracy Program’ to reduce bureaucracy
3 months ago -
COP28 President-Designate welcomes Transitional Committee agreement to operationalise Loss and Damag ..
6 months ago -
Global Media Congress 2023 to feature Co-Production Majlis as a new networking platform
6 months ago -
Young female athletes shine at Abu Dhabi World Youth Jiu-Jitsu Championship
6 months ago -
King of Jordan receives Abdullah bin Zayed and ministers participating in Arab coordination meeting
6 months ago -
Abdullah bin Zayed participates in coordination meeting of Arab foreign ministers, joint meeting wit ..
6 months ago
-
3rd annual conference of Emirates Society of Clinical Microbiology kicks off in Dubai
6 months ago -
SIBF 2023 hosts Nobel laureate to discuss emergence of ‘Afrofuturism’ in global discourse
6 months ago -
ALC announces winners of Kanz Al Jeel Award 2023
6 months ago -
SIBF turns spotlight on remarkable contributions of women
6 months ago -
Global assets in spot bitcoin ETFs hit $4.16 billion
6 months ago -
Rescuers struggle to find Nepal quake survivors as deaths reach 157
6 months ago