Transparent Materials for Armor - A Cost Study

Abstract

These briefing charts discuss current demand data, government cost/benefit analysis, ballistic depth of penetration and summary. TARDEC and TACOM took up the challenge to develop a tool for decision makers to find the break-even cost for new materials that improve transparent armor performance. The initial Cost-Benefit Methodology for the M114 (HMMWV) Windshield has been extended to the Tactical Fleet Glass. A two-phase, 26 month basic research effort yielded a nanostructured, spinel with > 80% in-line transmittance in the visible range. Ballistic DOP tests comparing commercially available large grained spinel with nanostructured spinel are inprocess at TARDEC.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 11, 2010
Accession Number
ADA517386

Entities

People

  • David Holm
  • Lisa P. Franks
  • Raymond Kleinberg

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Bulletproof Glass
  • Corrosion Inhibition
  • Data Sets
  • Failure Analysis
  • Flexural Strength
  • Glass
  • Governments
  • Grain Size
  • Guided Missile Domes
  • Materials
  • Single Crystals
  • Systems Analysis
  • Tactical Vehicles
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics