Northern Lights Tactical, LLC. is a division of Birchwood Limited. Our mission is to develop training and tactical-use products for civilian, law enforcement and military applications. Strong relationships with training facilities such as Gunsite Academy in Paulden, Arizona and with law-enforcement and military professionals gives us the ability to develop and test products in real-world environments based on the needs of people on the ground.
Northern Lights Tactical is a GSA registered vendor.
The Northern Lights Tactical division was created in 2003 by Blair Burtan. Mr. Burtan has an extensive background in engineering and software development including a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and a Master of Science in Software Engineering. He is also an avid shooting enthusiast. The combination of professional and extracurricular interests has led to Northern Lights Tactical’s first product: the TRACS training and tactical robot system.
Birchwood Limited began in 1993 as a visual effects software company with its Northern Lights Productions division. Northern Lights Productions has created software for computer-generated imagery for such films as “Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace”, “Star Trek: First Contact”, “Austin Powers: Goldmember”, “The Bourne Identity”, “Behind Enemy Lines”, and “Titan A.E.”