In random visits to Airsoft sites today there’s some developments at the ICS camp. Whilst Classic Army are teamed up with ASG in EU, ICS have now settled in with Cybergun. This is leading to ICS’s officially licensed AK74 range (licensed by Armoury USA), and also the use of the Colt trademark, licensed through Cybergun themselves (see here). The news of the licensing for the ICS 74 seems to have dropped off their pages, although it can be seen replicated at http://www.airsoftsd.com/. Here’s the full text of the Colt licensing arrangement from ICS‘s pages (apologies for the typos in the text, but it’s quoted directly):
ICS for canning make the gun type of M4 and M16 series true and perfect to present gun the fans, The Cyber Gun company authorization uses the trademark of the Colt true gun factory in Europe and Asia (the United States excepted). Therefore, Make the guns of M4 and M16 series engraving the Colt trademark each time all, and the manufacturing serial number of the true gun, not only gave the true soul of the ICS M4 and M16 series gun style, even raised M4 and M16 series gun type to draw up the true degree, Let each gun the fans are like to own personal exclusive M4 and M16 series gun type. Believing this authorizes the trademark, thinking will let necessarily gun the fans more do not want to put it away, settling to the passion degree of the ICS M4 and the M16 series gun type more crazy!
Colt is the main small arms supplier of the U.S. Military (exclusive production through 2009 of the M4 5.56mm Carbine). All branches of the U.S. Military use Colt weapon systems, including the M4 Carbine and the M16A2/A4 Rifle. Colt weapon systems are also used in fifteen (15) NATO countries and more than 80 other countries worldwide. More than 8,000,000 units have been produced so far of which more than 90% remain in service. This represents more than 90% of all weapons produced in 5.56mm.
The weapon of the Colt company the manufacturing has already benefited the experience from have another the realm of the year and fight, the body takes the weapon the manufacturing and abundant experience operation of mission, And the principle of management (QUALITY MAKES IT A COLT) of the persistence quality.
Continuously win the ISO 9000 and ISO 9001,let the M4、M16 and AR-15 series etc weapon system kept on the progress. The American government authorities is to deeply have the confidence to the Colt weapon system that the company produces, Had the affirmation and the support of the American government, More prove the technique of the Colt company weapon manufacturing in the position that the world is second to none.
Think the further understanding Colt company, Welcome to the Colt company website http://www.colt.com Obtain more related information. (ICS)
Official licensing is certainly the way to go for Airsoft to become more mainstream, and for consumers this means more choices as manufacturing houses and distributors market similar products. In the EU for the moment it looks to be that the ICS/Cybergun and CA/ActionSportsGames camps are going to be in direct compeition.