A sure sign of the Apocalypse

[shooter521]

Alliant Techsystems (ATK) announces that it has purchased Blackhawk Products Group for an undisclosed sum. This by itself would be unremarkable, except it comes about a year after ATK's purchase of Eagle Industries.

ATK Purchases Blackhawk

 

[Scutter01]

Maybe they're buying anything bird-related. :shrug:

 

[Bigum1969]

Alliant Techsystems (ATK) announces that it has purchased Blackhawk Products Group for an undisclosed sum. This by itself would be unremarkable, except it comes about a year after ATK's purchase of Eagle Industries.

ATK Purchases Blackhawk

So, it sounds like Blakchawk and Eagle were pretty big competitors?

I've heard of Blackhawk, but not Eagle.

 

[E5RANGER375]

So, it sounds like Blakchawk and Eagle were pretty big competitors?

I've heard of Blackhawk, but not Eagle.

Eagle is a more refined taste for those of us with a more traveled palet.

 

[shooter521]

So, it sounds like Blakchawk and Eagle were pretty big competitors?

Yep. Eagle is/was an innovator that makes/made its gear here in the States; Blackhawk started out strong, but quickly devolved into a rip-off company (many of their designs are curiously similar to Eagle's) that sources much of its stuff from overseas (Vietnam, primarily). But they also put huge amounts of money into flashy advertising and their gear is cheap enough that anyone and everyone can carry it, which is why you've heard of them.

 

[Slow Hand]

Don't forget the exclamation point, dude! That MAKES the company right there!