09:44 AM EST - Allen-Vanguard Corp. : which makes anti-terrorist equipment and materials, has swung to a fourth-quarter profit of $1.7 million, from a year-earlier loss of $23.3 million that included a big one-time writedown. The Ottawa-based firm also announced Thursday it has committed to a co-development program with Lockheed Martin for new versions of electronic counter-measures (ECM) products for the U.S. Defence Department. Allen-Vanguard Corp.
shares T.VRS are trading down 20 cents at $3.95.