DATA PACKAGE FOR THE INDUSTRY/USER SYMPOSIUM ON LIGHTWEIGHT BODY ARMOR

• NCJ Number: 31488
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 97 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-025-73
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Aerospace Corporation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A SERIES OF FLIP CHARTS AND ACCOMPANYING EXPLANATORY MATERIAL TO BE PRESENTED AS PART OF A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM DEALING WITH THE TRANSFER OF INFORMATION ON LIGHT WEIGHT BODY ARMOR FROM GOVERNMENT TO INDUSTRY.

Abstract

THE MATERIAL RECOMMENDED IS KEVLAR, A SYNTHETIC DEVELOPED BY DUPONT. INFORMATION IS PRESENTED ON BALLISTICS TESTS, PENETRATION TESTS, AND WEARABILITY EXPERIMENTS THAT WERE CONDUCTED BOTH PRIOR TO AND AFTER THE SELECTION OF KEVLAR AS THE OPTIMUM LIGHTWEIGHT BODY ARMOR MATERIAL.