CANSOFCOM - neste generasjon soldatbeskyttelse for spesifikke trusler

Offentlig prosjektsammendrag

The research program supports a 2-year development phase to design a lightweight standalone armour plate to replace the current generation hard armour system for CANSOFCOM, while maintaining the same protection level. Also, a high-curvature plate should be designed to accommodate the female anatomy especially, but also improve the overall comfort for male end-users. The main goal is to improve comfort, mobility and thus survivability, especially for females, by adapting the design of the armour plate to anthropomorphic data, while maintaining or improving the coverage of vital organs. A decreased hard armour plate weight will also support this goal. The largest challenge is, considering the large spread in body shapes and sizes, to significantly improve the product design for all end-users simultaneously. Anthropomorphic data will be used to design the plate, and investigations of new raw materials, technologies and process parameters will be carried out to reduce the plate weight.