Hybrid laminates combining Kevlar and carbon fiber layers with CNTs show even greater improvements, with a 67.48 % increase in energy absorption and a 28.7 % enhancement in ballistic limit. Smart ...

For the last several decades, modern body armour has been made from synthetic fibres such as Kevlar, combined with either metal or ceramic plates known as trauma plates. While good at stopping ...

Body Armor Innovation Award Winner Dupont Life Protection deserves the top spot-Kevlar EXO stands out for its substantial weight reduc ...

Armor and ballistic shielding refers to materials that are made of ceramics, high-strength fiber textiles, specialty alloys, and composite materials that are resistant to explosions, blast debris, ...

Because of its low specific weight, great hardness, and good toughness, it is an excellent material for body and vehicle armor. Boron carbide is also widely employed in nuclear reactors as control ...

Optimal design characteristics ensure the best possible weight distribution of both the ballistic body armor system as well as additional load bearing equipment, thus providing enhanced comfort ...

Kevlar is perhaps best known for its use in bullet-resistant body armor, but it also protects your hands from heat, abrasions, and cuts. Nomex is a fireproof fabric that race car drivers wear.

With enhanced survivability, mobility, and lethality, he is “accurately representative of the fighting man in the 1965 era,” as a contemporaneous report in the service’s Armor magazine ...

DuPont™ Kevlar® EXO™ was first introduced to the life protection market in April 2023, enabling body armor with an unprecedented combination of flexibility and lightweight strength from an ...

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Even while wearing Kevlar body armor, warfighters often face grave injury when shot due to blunt force trauma. Davidson, a North Carolina-based Greenhill AntiBallistics Corporation, may have found ...