Investors last fall purchased Watchtower Firearms assets after its 2025 bankruptcy filing, formed Watchtower Defense, and relocated operations to Tomball, Texas. The firm displayed newly designed 9mm double-stack 1911 pistols named Vantage and Vaelon plus AR rifles at its Houston-area plant opening, with pistol shipments underway and some rifles sold to police agencies. At a Phoenix trade show it previewed Stratis and Stratis Bravo bolt rifles using lightened 700 actions, Proof carbon-fiber barrels and stocks in six calibers, slated to ship in early 2027.