Nanotechnology Now

Our NanoNews Digest Sponsors
Heifer International



Home > Press > Modumetal Announces Acceptance into DARPA Armor Challenge Program

Abstract:
Modumetal will participate in the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's (DARPA) Armor Challenge Program in the role of advanced materials provider. The overall goal of DARPA's Armor Challenge program is to develop lightweight armor systems that meet the baseline ballistics performance of Rolled Homogenous Armor (RHA) steel at one half the weight.

Modumetal Announces Acceptance into DARPA Armor Challenge Program

Seattle, WA | Posted on April 11th, 2007

Modumetal will participate in the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's (DARPA) Armor Challenge Program in the role of advanced materials provider. The overall goal of DARPA's Armor Challenge program is to develop lightweight armor systems that meet the baseline ballistics performance of Rolled Homogenous Armor (RHA) steel at one half the weight.

Modumetal™ is a patent-pending material and manufacturing process that is intended to deliver exceptionally strong and tough parts through the exploitation of nanotechnology principals and applications. Through a production process called Modumetalization™, the company can "grow" three-dimensional, nanolaminated metal alloys that are much lighter than steel, but at the same time are expected to outperform steel in energy absorption and ballistics protection. In addition, Modumetal is expected to resolve issues that are commonly associated with the lightweight alternative, ceramic armors, namely high cost and multi-hit performance.

The primary concern today with armor is the tradeoff of weight and performance. The most visible and cited example is the HMMVW fleet, which has been extensively retrofitted with RHA steel armor kits. The additional weight has decreased the range of the vehicles, caused early suspension system failures and resulted in vehicle maneuverability and handling issues.

DARPA is seeking to address this problem through materials innovation in the forum of the Challenge Program. Dr. Leo Christodoulou, DARPA Armor Challenge Program Manager, was recently quoted by Composites World to have said "DARPA has a continuing commitment to investigate approaches that will provide high-performance, lightweight, affordable ballistic production for our deployed forces". Modumetal represents a potential revolution not only in metal composites performance, but also in production costs. The challenge forum represents an important step in demonstrating the material in a ballistics performance mode.

####

About Modumetal
Modumetal is a small business that is revolutionizing material and net-shape part production processes through nanostructured metal alloy fabrication. Modumetal is currently working on applications of this nano-production process for products spanning military armor and lightweight automotive parts to household consumer goods. Modumetal is located in Seattle, Washington.

For more information, please click here

Contacts:
Northlake R&D Center
1443 N. Northlake Way
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: 206-632-0713
Fax: (206) 260-7014

Copyright © PRWeb™

If you have a comment, please Contact us.

Issuers of news releases, not 7th Wave, Inc. or Nanotechnology Now, are solely responsible for the accuracy of the content.

Bookmark:
Delicious Digg Newsvine Google Yahoo Reddit Magnoliacom Furl Facebook

Related News Press

Announcements

What heat can tell us about battery chemistry: using the Peltier effect to study lithium-ion cells March 8th, 2024

Curcumin nanoemulsion is tested for treatment of intestinal inflammation: A formulation developed by Brazilian researchers proved effective in tests involving mice March 8th, 2024

The Access to Advanced Health Institute receives up to $12.7 million to develop novel nanoalum adjuvant formulation for better protection against tuberculosis and pandemic influenza March 8th, 2024

Nanoscale CL thermometry with lanthanide-doped heavy-metal oxide in TEM March 8th, 2024

Military

What heat can tell us about battery chemistry: using the Peltier effect to study lithium-ion cells March 8th, 2024

The Access to Advanced Health Institute receives up to $12.7 million to develop novel nanoalum adjuvant formulation for better protection against tuberculosis and pandemic influenza March 8th, 2024

New chip opens door to AI computing at light speed February 16th, 2024

NRL discovers two-dimensional waveguides February 16th, 2024

NanoNews-Digest
The latest news from around the world, FREE




  Premium Products
NanoNews-Custom
Only the news you want to read!
 Learn More
NanoStrategies
Full-service, expert consulting
 Learn More











ASP
Nanotechnology Now Featured Books




NNN

The Hunger Project