OCP TECD Report - TARDEC Blast Mitigation Program (BMP) and National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Michigan (MI) Chapter Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) Summary

Abstract

The cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) between the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center(TARDEC) Blast Mitigation Program and the Michigan Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) was created based on the desire of both parties to collaborate to develop a practical and useable set of Blast Mitigation Program (BMP) design guidelines and standards. The effort focused on the following topics: occupant-centric design philosophy and terms, test procedures, Military performance specifications, and Military standard. The objective of this report is to document the BMP NDIA-MI CRADA activities and accomplishments from October 2014 through July 2017. During the three year period, the working group held 11 information exchange meetings where 20 briefs were presented and discussed. The NDIA-MI provided industry feedback on meeting topics. This work enabled the publications of 6 Military performance specification and 1 Military Standard, MIL-STD-3058, Occupant-Centric Protection for Military Ground Vehicles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 26, 2017
Accession Number
AD1044377

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  • Christine M Wodzinski

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  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Feedback
  • Force Protection
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Information Exchange
  • Michigan
  • Military Standards
  • Military Vehicles
  • National Security
  • Operations Security
  • Recording Systems
  • Security
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • Vehicles

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