Lightweight Ceramic Armor (LCA)

Abstract

The Lightweight Ceramic Armor (LCA) program leveraged recent breakthroughs in novel ceramic fabrication processes developed in the Materials Processing Technology project to drive a dramatic performance shift in the trade-off between weight and ballistic projectile protection of body armor. Currently fielded body armor is heavy and its weight and bulk limit a soldier's agility and mobility. Utilizing recent breakthroughs in unconventional ceramics processing technology, the LCA program has demonstrated greater than ten percent reduction in weight for equal ballistic protection.

Document Details

Document Type
Accomplishment
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Source ID
a6407455f7e1c517a6bc8743654b26e0

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  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials

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