Armor Holdings

As chairman and chief executive of Armor Holdings, Inc., Kanders laid the foundation for The Safariland Group by overseeing the acquisition of American Body Armor and Safariland in the late 1990s. In the intervening years, BAE Systems bought Armor Holdings and ultimately sold it back to an affiliate of ...

Safariland's company history includes two multimillion-dollar settlements with the Department of Justice when the company was known by a different name, Armor Holdings. In 2008, Armor Holdings paid $30 million to settle allegations of False Claims Act violations by knowingly manufacturing and selling ...

According to a timeline on its website, the Safariland brand began as a small maker of customized gun holsters that eventually came to be owned by Armor Holdings, a manufacturer of protective gear. The British company BAE Systems acquired Armor Holdings in 2007, and changed its name to Safariland ...

Before growing Armor Holdings Inc. into a major international defense contractor, Jonathan Spiller had to take the company, then known as American Body Armor & Equipment Inc., through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Although it was difficult, Spiller looks on that Chapter 11 process two decades ago as a ...

Richard Bistrong was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bistrong, a former vice president of Armor Holdings Inc., cooperated with prosecutors in an international trade sting that led to 22 military supply executives behing arrested and charged with violating the ...

Kanders was chairman of Jacksonville's Armor Holdings in 1999 when it acquired Safariland for $41 million. BAE Systems bought Armor Holdings, including Safariland, in 2007 for $4.1 billion. The pending sale was first announced in May and finalized last week. Kanders will join as the chairman and CEO.

British defense contractor BAE Systems moved to expand its share of the lucrative U.S. military market on Monday with a $4.1 billion deal to buy Army vest and truck maker Armor Holdings. The deal is the second-largest U.S. purchase in two years for BAE, which is now the No. 8 supplier in the world's ...

... child abuse investigation techniques from the Pennsylvania District Attorney's Institute; hostage negotiations and tactical team response training from the U.S. Department of Justice; narcotics identification from Armor Holdings; explosive device recognition, vehicle and building search techniques from the ...