<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> Frontier Performance Polymers Corp
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Frontier Performance Polymers

Lightweight Transparent Armors

 

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Supported by Army's Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC), Frontier has successfully developed a breakthrough polymer material technology and innovative processing technique to produce lightweight transparent armors for soldier eye and facial protection. Frontier's lightweight transparent armors have demonstrated the superior ballistic performance and lightweight advantages as follows:

  • Achieved 100% ballistic improvement over the state-of-the-art transparent armor materials
  • Reduced HMMWV windshield weight by 45% while still maintaining 7.62mm Ball multi-shoot at muzzle velocity ballistic resistance
  • Stopped multiple shots of 9mm FMJ Ball projectile at 1,400 fps with an areal density of 2.3 pounds per square foot

Frontier's lightweight armor has the ballistic performance of the  aramid/phenolic material used in military helmets but costs less than one-tenth of the price.   Therefore, Frontier's lightweight armor material technology has great potentials for opaque armor applications to improve the ballistic performance and significantly reduce system costs to provide more protection to our soldiers.