ZEV and Salient? Sounds Greek to me.
Salient doesn't have a website up and running, but let me ask you this, have you seen the new Transformers movie?
SAI weapons were prominent in the movie, all the governmen peeps had them.
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b3/4a/76/b34a76508ea4132bf956fb7606ac821e.jpgTheir AR-15
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/29/2d/63/292d63d7ffce037aac8ad0a12d132099.jpgTheir Tier 1 Glock