Accreditations
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Specific Industry Accreditations
NVLAP Accreditation and Scope of Work
U.S. Dept. of State Certification Letter
The following includes all standards OBL is accredited to
Ballistic Materials:
ABNT NBR 1500:2005, ABNT NBR:2020
Part 2 & 1500:2022 Part 3 – Armor For Ballistic Impacts
AC No:25.795-2A – Flight Deck Penetration Resistance
AEP 2920 – Evaluation and Classification of Personal Armor Bullet & Fragmentation Threats
AEP-55 Vol. 1 – Artillery Protection of Light Armored Vehicles
ASTM 3141 – Ballistic Resistant Shields for Law Enforcement
ASTM E3347 – Standard Specification for Ballistic Resistant Shields Used by Law Enforcement Officers
ASTM E3112 – Ballistic Resistant Products & Shootpacks
ASTM E3113 – Ballistic Resistant Vehicle Door Panels
ASTM E3236 – Ballistic Resistance Barriers
ATPD-2352U – Transparent Armor for Military Use On Ground Vehicles
BS EN 1063:2000 – Security Glazing Ballistic Resistance
BS EN 1522:1999 – Windows, Doors, Shutters Bullet Resistant Requirements
BS EN 1523 – Windows, Doors, Sutters, Bullet Resistant Method
CFR-2011 Title 49 Volume 4 Part 223 – Safety Glazing Standards-Locomotives, Passenger Cars, And Cabooses
DEA – Ballistic Shield Testing Protocol
MIL-DTL-12560K (MR) Appendix A – Armor, Plate, Steel, Wrought, Homogenous
MIL-DTL-27422F – Fuel Tank Ballistic Tolerant Aircraft
MIL-DTL-32262 (MR) Appendix A – Armor Plate, Aluminum Alloy, Unweldable Applique 6061
MIL-DTL-32332 (MR) Appendix A – Armor Plate, Steel, Wrought, High Hardness
MIL-DTL-32375A (MR) Appendix A – Armor Plate, Aluminum Alloy, Unweldable Applique 7056 & 7085
MIL-DTL-32375B (MR) Appendix A – Armor Plate, Aluminum Alloy, Unweldable Applique 7085, 7056 & 7075
MIL-DTL-46027M (MR) Appendix A – Armor Plate, Aluminum Alloy, Weldable 5083, 5456 & 5059
MIL-DTL-46063H Appendix A – Armor Plate, Aluminum Alloy
MIL-DTL-46077G Appendix A – Armor Plate, Titanium Alloy, Weldable
MIL-DTL-46100E (MR) Appendix A – Armor Plate, Steel, Wrought, High Hardness
MIL-DTL-46186A (MR) Appendix A – Armor Plate, Steel, Wrought, Very High Hardness
MIL-DTL-46192C Appendix A – Aluminum Alloy Rolled Plate (1/2-4 inch), Weldable
MIL-PRF-32271 – Batteries, Non-rechargable, Lithium
MIL-PRF-3256B – Batteries Rechargeable Sealed Lithium-Ion
MIL-R-8573A – Reservoirs, Air, Nonshatterable Steel
MIL-STD-3038 – Methods for Ballistic Defeat Materials
MIL-STD-662F – V50 Testing for Armor
NIJ-STD-0108.01 – Ballistic Resistant Protective Material
SFI 14.2 (Section 5.2) – Methanol Fuel Supercharger Restrain Devices
SFI 14.21 (Section 5.2) – Screw-type Supercharger Restrain Devices
SFI 14.3 (Section 5.2) – Nitro-methane Fuel Supercharger Restrain Devices
SFI 14.4 (Section 5.2) – Containment Valve Covers / Valve Cover Shields
SFI 14.5 (Section 5.1) – Manifold Blankets
SFI 14.6 (Section 5.1) – Engine Blankets-Rear Section
SFI 4.1 (Section 5.2) – Automatic Transmission Shields
SFI 4.3 (Section 5.1) – Centrifugal Supercharger Blankets
SFI 7.1 (Section 5.1) – Lower Engine Containment Device
SFI 7.2 (Section 5.1) – Sportman Lower Engine Containment Device
STANAG 4569 – Protection for Occupants of Logistic/Light Armored Vehicles
UL 752 11th Edition – Bullet Resisting Equipment
UL 752 12th Edition – Bullet Resisting Equipment
Body Armor:
AEP 2920 – Evaluation and Classification of Personal Armor Bullet & Fragmentation Threats
ASTM E3111 – Ballistic Resistant Head Protection
CO/PD 00-03E – Personal Armor SAPI Testing
CO/PD 04-19F – Personal Armor ESAPI Testing
DEA – Armor Testing Protocol Rev. 12-10-09
DEA – Body Armor Testing Protocols Rev. 12-19-17
DEA / FBI – Ballistic Helmet Testing Protocol
FBI – Version 4.1 2014 – Body Armor Testing Protocol
HPW-TP-0401.01B – Bullet Resistant Helmet
MIL-STD-3027 – DOD Performance Requirements & Testing of Body Armor
MIL-STD-662F – V50 Testing for Armor
NIJ-STD-0101.04 – Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor
NIJ-STD-0101.06 – Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor
NIJ-STD-0101.07 – Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor
NIJ-STD-0123.00 – NIJ Protection Levels & Associated Test Threats
ASTM D5264-98 (19) – Abrasion Resistance of Printed Materials
ASTM E3004-22 – Preparation of Clay Blocks For Torso Body Armor
ASTM E3062-20 – Test Range Specification For Testing of Ballistic Resistant Items
ASTM E3068-20 – Contact Measurement of BFD in Clay Backing
ASTM E3078-23 – Conditioning of Hard Armor
ASTM E3107-23 – Resistance to Penetration & BFD For Ballistic Resistant Armor and Shootpacks
ASTM E3110-22 – Collection of Ballistic Limit Data for Ballistic Resistant Armor & Shootpacks
ASTM E3112-20 – Ballistic Resistant Products & Shootpacks
ASTM E3192-20 – Soft Armor Conditioning by Tumbling
NIJ-STD-0106.01 – Ballistic Helmets
NIJ-STD-0117.01 – Public Safety Bomb Suit Standard
NT-SENASP No. 003-2021 – Ballistic Protection Vests
PRF-15001A0019 – Specifications for Protective Undergarment
T&EP 22/09/2007 – Personal Protective Equipment
TOP 10-2-208 – V50 Testing Using Clay
TOP 10-2-210 – Ballistic Testing Of Hard Body Armor
TOP 10-2-216 – Ballistic Testing Of Body Armor
StaB:
NIJ-STD-0115.00 – Stab Resistance of Body Armor
FORCED ENTRY:
5-aa10 – Reinforcing & Testing of Standard of Wood, Hollow Metal Doors, Frames, Glass & Hardware
ASTM E2353 – Performance of Glazing in Permanent Railing Systems
ASTM F1233 – Security Glazing Materials & Systems
ASTM F1450 – Testing of Hollow Metal Swinging Doors for Detention & Correctional Facilities
ASTM F1915 – Testing of Glazing for Detention Facilities
ASTM F2781 – Forced Entry, Ballistic, & Low impact Resistance of Security Fence Systems
ASTM F3038 – Method for Timed Evaluation of Forced Entry Resistant Sytems
ASTM F3561 – Forced Entry Resistance of Fenstration Systems
ASTM F588 – Measuring Resistance of Window Assemblies
HPW-TP-0500.03 – Transparent Materials For Use in Forced Entry or Containment Barrels
HPW-TP-0508 – Forced Entry Resistance of Security Structures and Subassemblies
LPS 1175 – Intruder Resistant Building Components
LPS 1270 – Intruder Resistant Security Glazing Units
SD-STD-01.01 Rev. G – Forced Entry & Ballistic Resistance of Building systems
SD-STD-01.01 Rev. H – Forced Entry & Ballistic Resistance of Building systems
BLAST:
AEP-55 Vol. 2 – Mine Threat Protection of Light Armored Vehicles
AEP-55 Vol. 3 – IED Protection of Light Armored Vehicles
ASTM F1642 – Glazing & Glazing Systems Subject to Airblast Loadings
ASTM F2248 – Standard Practice for Specifying an Equivalent 3-Second Duration Design Loading for Blast Resistant Glazing Fabricated ASTM F2927 – Door Systems Subject to Airblast Loadings
ASTM F2912 – Standard specification for Glazing and Glazing Systems Subject to Airblast Loadings
GSA-TS01-2003 – Glazing & Windows Subject to Dynamic Overpressure Loadings
ISO 16933 – Explosion Resistant Security Glazing
NIJ-STD-0117.01 – Public Safety Bomb Suit Standard
STANAG 4569 – Protection for Occupants of Logistic/Light Armored Vehicles
T&EP 22/09/2007 – Personal Protective Equipment
IMAS 10.30 – Demining Suit
MISCellaneous:
AEP-2902 – Non Ballistic Criteria for Combat Helmets
ANSI Z89.1 – Industrial Head Protection
ASTM D3776 – Mass Per Unit Area of Fabric
ASTM D1003 – Haze & Luminous Transmittance of Transparent Plastics
ASTM D1044 – Resistance of Transparent Plastics to Surface Abrasion
ASTM D2136 – Low Temperature Bend Test
ASTM D3574 – Foam Tensile Testing
ASTM E18 – Methods for Rockwell Hardness of Metallic Materials
ASTM F2156 – Optical Distortion in Transparent Parts
ASTM F2469 – Optical Deviation of Transparent Parts
ATPD-2352U – Transparent Armor for Military Use On Ground Vehicles
CFR-2011 Title 49 Volume 4 Part 223 – Safety Glazing Standards-Locomotives, Passenger Cars & Cabooses
MIL-STD-810H – 501.7, 502.7, 503.7 – Enviormental Test Methods & Guidelines
PRF-15001A0019 – Specifications for Protective Undergarment
