Ceradyne Vehicle Armor Systems - Lightweight Ceramic Vehicle Armor for Multi-Hit Ballistic Protection and Survivability

Ceradyne Vehicle Armor Systems specializes in advanced ceramic vehicle armor solutions that provide lightweight, multi-hit ballistic protection. Various Ceradyne add-on composite systems and appliqué armor kits meet a range of threat requirements while being optimized for weight, space allocation and cost.

TACTICAL WHEEL AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT VEHICLE ADD-ON ARMOR

Today, most vehicle designs are not intended to support the additional weight of armor. The lighter weight of Ceradyne's ceramic add-on armor translates to less impact on vehicle performance and maneuverability, and higher mechanical reliability, as well as lower gas consumption. Vehicle wheel well and underbelly protection to insure survivability of crewmembers is also available for OEM and retrofit of military vehicles.

Ceradyne's comprehensive vehicle-survivability solutions protect against small arms, improvised explosive devices and both contact detonated and command detonated mines. These systems comply with current STANAG requirements, NIJ and UL level ratings, and the US Army's Long Term Armor Strategy (LTAS).

COMBAT VEHICLE UPGRADE ARMOR

Modern air transportability and high-performance amphibious operations have created the need for lightweight, integrated and appliqué upgrade armor. Ceradyne works closely with both military customers and OEM designers to select the optimal ceramic ballistic protection for each rapid deployment application.

RAMTECH™ MODULAR CERAMIC ARMOR

Lightweight RAMTECH is based on Ceradyne's patented modular ceramic armor technology that offers multi-hit performance equal to steel or aluminum at significantly reduced weight and mass. The patented process increases material performance beyond previous limits, resulting in significant impact damage reduction.

RAMTECH is designed to meet the multi-threat environment of truck and tactical wheel systems as defined by the LTAS.

CERADYNE FLEXKIT™ MODULAR SYSTEM

The Ceradyne FlexKit is a highly engineered, fully integrated, modular armor and blast-protection system that utilizes a variety of advanced lightweight materials for direct application on tactical wheeled vehicles. FlexKit materials meet the threat-level protection requirements specified in the LTAS.

The FlexKit system is designed to allow commanders the flexibility of configuring ballistic armor protection levels of their wheeled vehicles to match mission-specific variants. Modular armor panels are provided that can be added, changed or removed from crew cabs in very short periods of time with no special lifting equipment or installation tools.

CERAMIC BODY ARMOR PLATES

Ceradyne is an established leader in ceramic body armor upgrade plate technology, and is a key supplier to the US military. Advanced technical ceramics are integrated with optimized composite structures to produce rugged multi-hit body armors. Ranging from low to the highest ballistic protection, Ceradyne's unique hot pressing process enables cost-effective production of flat and multi-curved body, side and shoulder armor plates.

LIFE SAVING MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY

Since the earliest use of ceramic armor on combat helicopters, Ceradyne has supplied government and industrial armor developers with the materials and technology for advanced ballistic protection. From this base of experience, Ceradyne has evolved into a worldwide leader in the development and integration of light armor technology.

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• GSA schedule, contract number GS-07F-5343R.