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MIL-COMM accuses ex-sales director of stealing artillery grease formula

By Melissa Ritti ( March 20, 2025, 14:49 GMT | Insight) -- MIL-COMM Products Co., a US Department of Defense supplier which eschews patenting in favor of trade secret protection, filed a lawsuit yesterday in North Carolina federal court over the alleged theft of its proprietary artillery grease formula by a competitor. Gregory Cohen is accused of forming Engineered Materials Inc. to siphon business on products utilized in the gun systems aboard the USAF F-16, F-22 and F-35 jet fighters and in more than 20 US military artillery and heavy weaponry platforms — each of which are declared “sole source critical applications items” by the DoD’s Defense Logistics Agency, the plaintiff asserts.Engineered Materials Inc. and its president Gregory Cohen were accused yesterday of violating the Defend Trade Secrets Act in connection with their “OBEX Prime Grease” product, which MIL-COMM Products Co. says independent testing showed to be virtually the same formulation as its proprietary “TW25B” product....

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