An armor assembly having an armor panel, a base plate, and a resilient member coupled between the armor panel and the base plate is disclosed. An impact blast or projectile will strike the armor assembly and deflect the armor panel and the resilient member. The resilient member and armor panel absorb sufficient energy from the impact blast or projectile to prevent harm to underlying structures. The resilient member can be a spring or a solid member having a desired spring coefficient to protect against a certain impact load.

There is provided an anti-ballistic aerospace structure, said structure comprising a strike layer defining an outwardly facing surface and an opposing capture layer defining an inwardly facing surface and an intermediate structural layer arranged between the strike layer and capture layer, wherein the intermediate structural layer is spaced relative to the strike layer to define a space between the intermediate structural layer and the strike layer, said space comprising one or more reinforcement elements, and wherein the strike layer is formed of a fiber reinforced plastic laminate comprising at least one metallic layer.

Protective shields configured to prevent projection against projectiles, such as during excavating and/or mining operations, are provided. The protective shields include a base layer comprising one or more transparent polycarbonate layers, a sacrificial polycarbonate layer comprising a transparent polycarbonate, and an air gap positioned directly between at least a portion of the base layer and the sacrificial polycarbonate layer. The sacrificial polycarbonate layer is directly or indirectly attached to the base layer in a manner to provide the air gap positioned between the base layer and the sacrificial polycarbonate layer.

A multi-plate armor system used as an add-on armor in the armored vehicles, especially military vehicles. More specifically, disclosed is an armor system which, having a structure that will not be affected from impacts as well as having weight values acceptable for industry standards per unit area (kg/m.sup.2), at least two plates positioned to the armored vehicle body with a specific distance between them, allows the resulting destructive effect to be felt in the large surface with minimal damage by deflecting the impact direction of the ballistic threat such as bullets, spall etc.

A steel armor plate and method of manufacturing is described. The armor plate has three curves, a first curve about an axis that parallels the length of the armor plate, and two additional curves about axes that parallel the width of the armor plate. A die for manufacturing said plate is described, the die being formed of a stack of metal plates, each plate having a curve that substantially matches the first curve, the stack of plates being arranged in a step-down-then-step-up fashion to form a concavity that approximates one of the two additional curves.

Vehicle armor may include an assembly of components including an outer armor pack, an air gap, an inner armor pack, and a high energy absorbing layer. At least one version of the outer armor pack may include an outermost outer fiber reinforced composite protective layer of ≧1 mm thickness, an outer ceramic armor layer, and an inner fiber reinforced composite support layer to absorb residual energy from small arms. The air gap may be between 1-10 mm to allow for deflection of the outer armor pack. The inner armor pack may include an outer fiber reinforced composite protective layer of ≧0.5 mm thickness, an inner segmented ceramic armor layer, and an innermost inner fiber reinforced composite layer of ≧10 mm thickness. The high energy absorbing layer may have ≧25 mm thickness and be configured to mitigate the effect of residual fragments defeating the outer and inner armor packs.

An armor system with a composite laminate having at least four alternating layers (two bi-layers) of a first material and a second material, the first material having a lower acoustic impedance than the second material. The first material is an elastomer and the second material can be a hard material such as steel, aluminum, or ceramic, or an elastomer with a higher acoustic impedance than the first material. The laminate can include many alternating layers of the first and second materials, and can be adhered or affixed to a thicker armor substrate. Additional protective elements such as corrugated metal-ceramic panels and armored glass cylinders can be added to improve resistance to armor piercing rounds, explosively formed penetrators, or other threats.

An ammunition storage compartment includes a plurality of connected walls defining an interior region to store ammunition, wherein at least one of the walls includes an outer armor plate having an outer surface and an inner surface. A layer of energy absorbing material is located proximate the inner surface of the armor plate in the interior region. A spall mitigating panel is located inward of the layer of energy absorbing material in the interior region. At least one air gap is in between the layer of energy absorbing material and the spall mitigating panel.

An armoring part for a vehicle includes a steel plate made of at least partially hot formed and press hardened armor steel and having a hardness of 380 to 760 Vickers (HV). Applied on at least one side of the steel plate is a coat which is made of a metal material which is softer than a metal material of the armor steel. The coat is a thermally applied layer and has a hardness of 10 to 230 Vickers (HV).

A bullet-resistant transit case includes a casing with inner sidewalls, a rack frame suspended within the casing by a mounting device, and plurality of ballistic panels attached to respective inner sidewalls of the casing by a support device. Adjacent inner sidewalls form inner side edges. The mounting device engages the rack frame from these inner side edges. The supporting device cooperates with the rack frame and mounting device for holding the ballistic panels in place. The supporting device can be brackets with a base portion connecting to the inner side edges and limb attached to adjacent ballistic panels. A end lid and an opposite end lid, with a respective end ballistic panel and opposite end ballistic panel, can be included for a sealed inner volume with bullet-resistant properties within the transit case.