Dear Customers and Suppliers,

Hoffman Engineering is pleased to announce the acquisition of Hoffman Engineering by Branford Castle Partners, LP.

Branford Castle is a private market investor with more than 35 years of helping to grow businesses. Branford Castle is particularly keen on the strong relationships it develops with its portfolio company managers. Branford Castle has exceptional expertise in industrials/specialty manufacturing, consumer products, business services and logistics.

This milestone is a validation of the trusted innovative solutions and customer-focused culture that we have worked tirelessly to achieve. We are extremely grateful for the support of our previous owner, Trident, and look forward to continuing to deliver on future growth opportunities with our new partners at Branford Castle Partners.

We can assure you this highly positive transaction will not affect our contractual obligations to our customers, and we will continue to comply with all relevant regulations. Your team will continue to work with the same personnel, same products and same commitment to excellence.

We remain your trusted innovative partners; committed to making every customer experience as seamless as possible for our customers and vendors. As always, thank you to you, our valued customers and suppliers, for your continued support and we look forward to an exciting and prosperous future with our new Branford Castle partners.

Ron Hayward
Chief Executive Officer
Hoffman Engineering

Chris Moher
General Manager
Hoffman Engineering

Dear Customers and Suppliers,

Trident Maritime Systems is pleased to announce our forthcoming merger with AGI Holdings LLC.

Having worked together side by side for many years, AGI Holdings and Trident Maritime Systems will join forces to provide a comprehensive network of integrated services that will better serve our customers worldwide. Together, we will continue to provide our customers the exceptional service and high-quality products that you have come to expect from us.

Effective January 3, 2023, we will be known collectively as Trident Maritime Systems.

I assure you this integration will not affect our contractual obligations to our customers, and we will continue to comply with all relevant regulations. Your team will continue to work with the same site personnel.

We remain committed to make this integration process as smooth as possible for our customers and vendors. As always, thank you to you, our valued customers and suppliers for your continued support and we look forward to an exciting and prosperous future.

We will keep you updated on our progress as we undertake this transition.

David Hyde
AGI Group Managing Director
AGI Holding LLC

Tom Eccles
Chief Executive Officer
Trident Maritime Systems

Click here to view the official announcement letter.

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The HVS-126A is a computerized system to evaluate night vision goggle/device image quality. It will quite simply transform the evaluation process to give fast and accurate results time after time, which until now has been a slow and laborious task for NVG maintenance personnel.

The HVS-126A uses a high-resolution video camera and lensing to capture live images generated by the Hoffman ANV-126A test set through a night vision goggle/device. The images are analyzed by the proprietary software running on a Microsoft ©Surface Pro 4 Tablet.

There is no requirement for the maintenance personnel to be dark adapted, the process may be carried out under normal lighting conditions. Test results are automatically calculated and a Pass / Fail is displayed for Resolution at both high and low light settings, Honeycomb and Spot Defects (Blemishes). This is all achieved in a fraction of the time it would take to carry out this task manually, giving fast, accurate, consistent results and significantly improving productivity and most of all user safety.

Key Functions:

• Configuration – data entry of NVG serial number
• Focus – quickly and accurately achieve the best focus for the night vision goggle
• Resolution – calculate smallest visible resolution target at high and low light level
• Honeycomb – measure the amount of honeycomb
• Spot Defects (Blemishes) – locate and classify blemishes
• Results – display a summary of test results, automatically calculate Pass/Fail for Resolution, Honeycomb and Blemishes

Key System Benefits include:

• Computerizes a manual task
• Eliminates maintenance personnel’s subjectivity / inconsistency, therefore increasing safety for the NVG operator
• Removes requirement for maintenance personnel to be dark adapted
• Significantly reduces training time for maintenance personnel
• Gives fast, accurate, consistent and reliable results time after time
• Significantly increases efficiency / productivity
• Intuitive – User-friendly interface
• Designed to evaluate performance of night vision goggles / devices in conjunction with the Hoffman ANV-126A test set