You guys obviously have no concept of a product cycle. This is a public safety device that hangs out in the street and is expected to have extreme reliability. It probably took 2 weeks to make the prototype, 2 months to test it with various studies. Then any flaws had to be corrected and all the tests run over again. Then comes the actual manufacturing which take 6-8 months to create a reliable process, and the first unit must go enviromental, vibration, high voltage (lightning)testing. All this testing is done by the manufacturer first, before they have a product to send to the government testing. Hopefully there were no kickbacks from the government testing causing the entire process to start over. Also realize the government labs have a long list of products waiting for their turn to test. It's actually amazing something doesn't take longer.