ARMOUR FOR OUR FORCES PUT TO THE TEST

2 Apr 2012 01:50 PM

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is giving industry the chance to put its armour systems of the future to the test.

Scientists at the MOD’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) in Wiltshire are used to testing armour materials and systems in rigorously controlled ways as part of the development and acceptance of armour for UK armed forces.

Such testing is often difficult for industrial small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to undertake. Dstl uses weapons and explosives that are not generally available and must be carried out safely and in well characterised conditions. It is also not cheap.

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