An armor system pellet is provided. The pellet includes a pellet body attached to four projections for interlocking adjacent pellets when arranged in an array. The pellet is configured such that the width of a first pair of co-linear projections is less than a width of a second pair of co-linear projections.

An armor system includes a plate operably connected to a plunger, one or more solid bars of brittle material operably contained within a channel or tube, wherein the armor system is configured so that upon impact of a blast shock wave upon the plate, the plate transfers the blast shock wave to the plunger and then to the contents of the channel. Optionally, the channel also contains HFRM.

A formable armor that resists penetration by impacting projectiles. The instant formable armor features a plurality of cylindrical ceramic barrels each having flat ends that fay with the flat surfaces of adjacent ceramic barrels. Rows of faying cylindrical barrels are disposed parallel to one another. The substantially parallel rows of cylindrical ceramic barrels are affixed to a backing layer that maintains continuous contact between adjacent cylindrical barrels.

A method of making an armor component that includes wrapping a ceramic tile with a plurality of wrappers that are impregnated with a curable polymer, and isostatically pressing the wrapped ceramic tile while curing the curable polymer to obtain an armor component that includes the ceramic tile integrated with the wrappers.

The disclosure herein relates to a method for preparing ceramic grains comprising: making a slurry comprising inorganic particles and a gelling agent; making droplets of the slurry; introducing the droplets in a liquid gelling-reaction medium wherein the droplets are gellified; deforming the droplets before, during or after gellification; drying the gellified deformed droplets, thereby obtaining dried grains and sintering the dried grains, thereby obtaining the ceramic grains.

The disclosure herein further relates to ceramic grains obtainable by a disclosed method.

A coating material includes a polymer binder, and particles having a hardness of at least 10 GPa and mixed with the polymer binder. The particles have a nominal diameter less than 1 millimeter and are suspended in the coating material prior to application to a surface. The coating material can be applied to a surface of a substrate, whether it is planar or non-planar. The coating material can also be applied uniformly or non-uniformly across the surface when it is desired. The coating material can further be incorporated in the ballistic core stack of a ballistic protection article. The coating material enhances the performance of the article against high-velocity ballistic threats or the like, using the same or similar defeat principles as thick ceramic plates/tiles.

A composite laminate is made by providing at least a first composite ply and a second composite ply, each having longitudinally oriented fibers in a thermoplastic matrix. The second composite ply is disposed on, and in transverse relation to, the first composite ply. Preferably, the second ply is disposed at 90 relative to the first ply. An article can be manufactured by providing a core material and applying a reinforcing material to a portion of the core material. The reinforcing material is a reinforcing composite ply or a composite laminate as described herein. Optionally, the core material is a prepreg that may be a composite laminate.

A method for manufacturing a ballistic armor, includes at least the steps of aligning armor elements in front of a casing provider arrangement, and supplying a casing around the armor elements such that the armor elements remain inside the casing. Further, the method for inserting armor elements to a casing structure, includes at least the steps of manufacturing a casing, and inserting armor elements in the cavities of the casing. Further, a ballistic armor including a number of armor elements capsuled in a casing, and a casing forming a number of longitudinal cavities for the armor elements are also described.

A slash-protecting panel is affordable, comfortable, flexible, light, and concealable, while providing at least 80N HOSDB slash protection. A plurality of solid elements are aligned on upper and lower backing sheets in rows and columns separated by continuous gaps between 25% and 95% as wide as the solid elements, the upper elements being centered above the gap intersections of the lower elements, leaving isolated gap islands uncovered but no continuous gaps. Embodiments further include a third layer with smaller button solid elements arranged behind the gap islands, leaving no gaps. The solid elements can be ceramic or metal, and the backing sheets can be ballistic fabric, or any convenient woven, non-woven, or warp knit. Solid elements can be attached to the sheets by rivets or adhesives, or held in pockets. Embodiments include an inner and/or an outer covering layer of a knit or similar fabric for added comfort.

The invention relates to a flexible composite material. This material comprises at least 2 layers comprising high strength fibers, said at least 2 layers comprise consolidated elements and unconsolidated elements, the unconsolidated elements being in contact with the consolidated elements. The flexible composite material shows a better anti-ballistic performance compared to materials known so far.