A Russian company is developing nanotechnology that could allow production of sunshine-weight ceramic armor for the army and police as early as by the tip of 2015, the Izvestia newspaper said Tuesday.
Ceramic armor plates manufactured with using boron carbide powder might be used to make bulletproof vests, armor protection for combat vehicles or even for combat aircraft as they might be four times lighter than the prevailing armor plates.
“The effectiveness of protection…will be 5-6 times higher than that of existing armor while the worth will drop by as much as 25 percent when compared with existing models,” Izvestia cited officials from the Novosibirsk-based NEVZ-Soyuz company.
According to the corporate, boron carbide armor plates utilized in bulletproof vests would ensure effective protection from 7.62-mm rounds while vehicle armor will be able stop 12.7-mm and 14.5-mm rounds.
Company experts mention that the hot nano-armor might be used effectively to make sure anti-bullet protection of combat transport helicopters, consisting of the famed Mi-8 Hip, which doesn’t have reliable armor protection.
The Russian government has allocated 145 million rubles ($4.4 mln) for the advance of nano-armor technology.
NEVZ-Soyuz is planning to make the 1st prototypes by December and test them until November 2014.
The production of ceramic armor plates should start inside the fourth quarter of 2015, the corporate said.
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