Army to continue metal matrix composite research for lighter vehicles

By Connie Lee / August 23, 2017 at 10:30 AM
The Army's next milestone in examining metal matrix composite technology as a potential vehicle lightweighting solution is to develop additional brake drums for testing, according to one of the service's engineers. Thomas Wagner, an engineer on the materials application and integration team at the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, said in an Aug. 17 email a contract for this development will be awarded under the Ground Vehicle Systems Other Transaction Agreement, which is being administered by the National...

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