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US Army to evaluate TenCate ABDS countermeasure system

17 Oct '14

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TenCate Advanced Armor USA said it has signed an agreement with the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM) for the TenCate ABDS active blast countermeasure system for enhanced soldier protection.

Under the multi-year agreement, TenCate with direction of the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and with assistance from other RDECOM Agencies will evaluate the TenCate ABDS active blast countermeasure system.

TenCate said the technology evaluation program now enters the second phase, ensuring that this protection solution is robust and ready to reduce injuries and save military lives.

This collaboration enables TenCate engineers to demonstrate the ability of TenCate ABDS to protect combat and tactical ground vehicle crews from devastating effects of insurgent mines, roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices (IED's).

RDECOM's technology evaluation process ensures that the TenCate ABDS active blast countermeasure system solutions are robust in design and performance and ready to reduce injuries and save lives in military applications.

The IED has become a weapon of choice for insurgent forces and is the single largest cause of serious injury during the last ten years in the Iraq and Afghanistan.

In 2006, the US Department of Defence established the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) to explore and identify ways to prevent, identify and defeat IEDs.

TenCate informs that TenCate ABDScan save lives and significantly reduce mission compromising injury by minimizing the transfer of mine blast energy witnessed by the mounted crew.

“The system efficiently manages the launch acceleration of the vehicle, its flight and the ensuing fall back to earth,” it adds.

This CRADA is a mechanism to utilize the vast capabilities and expertise of RDECOM's various engineering centers with an integrated approach to testing and developing the system's features, speeding its maturation and certifying its technology readiness level (TRL) for future use.

"The US Army has clear vision on the protection of mounted troops and TenCate has developed important lifesaving technologies to meet these requirements," says Mark Edwards, President of TenCate Advanced Armor USA.

He explains, "We are committed to this world class 'soldier survivability' program and determined to meet or exceed every mil-spec requirement in order to quickly, yet safely, provide this threat protection solution to our troops." (AR)

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