EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This
Amendment is being filed solely to correct the percentage of the Common Stock
beneficially owned by the Reporting Person and the number of outstanding
shares
of Common Stock used to calculate the Reporting Person’s percentage ownership as
reflected in Amendment No. 5 to his Schedule 13-D.
Item
1.
Security
and Issuer.
This
Schedule 13D relates to the Common Stock, par value $.001 per share ("Common
Stock"), issued by Ionatron, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
whose
principal executive offices are located at 3716 East Columbia, Suite 120,
Tucson, Arizona 85714.
Item
2.
Identity
and Background.
This
statement is filed by Robert Howard (the "Reporting Person"). The address
of the
Reporting Person is 145 East 57th Floor - 4th Floor, New York NY 10022. The
Reporting Person is a United States citizen.
Item
4.
Purpose
of Transaction.
On
December 5, 2007, the Reporting Person gifted 48,000 shares of Common Stock
and
on November 27, 2007 and January 8, 2008, the Foundation (defined below)
gifted
15,000 shares of Common Stock and 370,000 shares of Common Stock,
respectively.
Item
5.
Interest
in Securities of the Issuer.
(a)-(b)
The percentage of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person
reflected in this Report is based upon 79,590,469 outstanding shares of Common
Stock on November 7, 2007 according to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the Quarterly
Period Ended September 30, 2007. On May 8, 2007, the Reporting Person
beneficially owned 15,339,162 shares of Common Stock of the Company which
comprises 19.3% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock. Of such shares
(i) 13,005,162 shares are directly owned by the Reporting Person, and (ii)
2,334,000 shares are owned by the Robert Howard Family Foundation (the
“Foundation”), a not-for-profit, charitable enterprise. The Reporting Person is
a director and shares voting and disposition over the shares of Common Stock
held by the Foundation. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership
of
the shares held by the Foundation.