US Army Evaluating Under-Vehicle Threat Protection System

Nov. 4, 2014 - By JOE GOULD

WASHINGTON — Armor may protect vehicles from being breached by roadside bombs, but it does not always protect vehicles and their passengers from being tossed up and slammed down by a blast

For the past year, TenCate Advanced Armor USA has been working to prove to the US Army that its novel technology does just that. Its vehicle-mounted system detects a blast and, microseconds later, fires countermeasures upward like a shotgun blast that keep the vehicle down

What it really is is a technology evaluation of a brand new product they’ve never seen before,” said Paul Palmer, the company’s business development director. There’s never been an active under-body threat protection system available

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