SBIR-STTR Award

The objective of Phase I is to define, develop and demonstrate a modular armor system for commercial vehicles that can be tailored to the threat, is platform agnostic and which can be installed in and is in fact transferable between vehicles in the field. The proposed project will facilitate the scenario where by a SOF team would acquire a likely battered indigenous vehicle, and then convert it to the up-armored NSCV configuration in an austere remote base. The SOF operatives would then be able to perform their mission in the most inconspicuous fashion possible and in fact transfer the armor between vehicles as needed. At the completion of the Phase I effort, TPI will have demonstrated a Transferable Armor system in the representative environment of several body and glass panels taken from an appropriate civilian vehicle. We will have evaluated the potential protection level provided, installation work load, transfer workload and support and supplies required in terms of armor, mounting system parts and material, tools and consumables (metal cleaner, adhesives, etc.) for both initial and subsequent installations.