armor

New UK ceramic armor being tested that may cut weight 15-30%

By / June 28, 2011

Hywel Jones with plate made of lightweight ceramic composition. Credit: Richard Hanson. From the United Kingdom comes a story about what is being described as a new, lighter-weight body armor…

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Video of the week: Ceramic spinel transparent armor

By / September 17, 2010

Pretty tough stuff! This clear armor is made by South Carolina-based ArmorLine Corp, which describes this as a spinel transparent ceramic. The ArmorLine rep in the video says the plates…

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