PEW Science Laboratory
Professionally Engineered Weaponeering

Through this website, the PEW Science laboratory provides the public firearm community meaningful, comprehensive, and independent sound signature testing and analysis for suppressed weapon systems.

Our staff have several decades of combined comprehensive experience in the testing, analysis, and modeling of systems in response to fast transients. Our laboratory evaluation protocols quantify a variety of phenomenology and hazards produced by systems ranging from small arms, to energetic materials, and beyond.

For the public U.S. commercial market, PEW Science developed PEW-SOFT™, The Silencer Sound Standard™, and the Suppression Rating™ - the most accurate, comprehensive, and meaningful small arms sound signature rating certification available. With public research and education, we are the proven and recognized leader in independent suppressed weapon system testing.

The PEW Science laboratory performs the following services:

  • Independent testing and accreditation in accordance with the Silencer Sound Standard.

  • Private testing, performance evaluation, and phenomenology characterization for suppliers, with partners worldwide.

  • Licensing of The Suppression Rating for commercial use.

  • Product performance comparison testing.

Requests for Quotation (RFQs) can be sent to PEW Science here.

PEW Science, LLC U.S. Government Contracting:
CAGE: 8T8L9

Jay I.
Technical Director

Jay serves as the Technical Director of the PEW Science laboratory and is a licensed and practicing Professional Engineer. His professional practice and research areas include anti-terrorism/force protection, dynamic analysis, design, litigation support, testing, and hazard characterization in response to energetic events and weapons effects. He has consulted and developed technologies for the warfighter, US Service Labs, Department of State, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Intelligence Community, and significant parties in the world-wide private energy sector. He’s also a gun guy.