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KGM TECHNOLOGIES: INNOVATION IS THE MISSION
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generational veteran, with his grandfather serving on the European
front in World War II, and father in the Air Force during the Korean War, Richard Cope decided that the U.S. Marines was his calling. Like NASCAR fans, “Rick” had a longing for speed and technology. This desire led him to the Marine Corps as a fighter pilot before pushing further into researchand-development teams to innovate new capabilities and technologies. One such team helped create the Stinger Surface-to-Air Missile System along with several other weapon systems. Soon, he was tasked to run the Army Surface-to-Air Missile School El Paso Texas. After a year in Okinawa and a few operational tours, he was assigned to work PHOTOGRAPHY: KGM TECHNOLOGIES
with Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf in special operations at the U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Florida. Wanting to return to “R&D,” Rick was assigned to DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), the premier research development agency in the U.S. government. While there, he developed hypersonic weapons, rail guns, missiles, batteries, capacitors, flywheels and electronic drive cam components (some of what you see in EVs today). He was lauded by the Hudson Institute for having the best public-private partnership in United States history. After retiring from the Marine Corps, Rick became the CEO of the, at-the-time, largest electric vehicle company in California. Next was running a fuel-cell company, a battery charging company and then Nanolumens – the first in large format flexible displays. These ventures ultimately led Rick to KGM Technologies. Like NASCAR, at KGM he is blending technology, speed and ease of handling into every suppressor the company engineers. Not only do they create amazing quietness, but they increase your accuracy and significantly reduce recoil. KGM suppressors bring the joy back to shooting sports and make you better in the process. At KGM Technologies, innovation is the mission.
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