Army aims to reduce weight of reactive armor tiles

By Connie Lee / April 11, 2017 at 9:19 AM
As the Army continues to develop reactive armor technologies, the service hopes to reduce the weight and improve the performance of explosive reactive armor tiles, according to a service official. In an April 6 email, Chip Filar, deputy associate director for ballistic protection at the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, said the organization is working on the next generation of explosive reactive armor, which will apply to multiple ground vehicles. The Army trained soldiers of the 1st Battalion,...

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