DRDO & IIT Delhi develop ABHED Light Weight Bullet Proof Jackets

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Category : Defense Published on: September 30 2024

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Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), along with researchers of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has developed Light Weight Bullet Proof Jackets named ABHED (Advanced Ballistics for High Energy Defeat).
The jackets have been developed at the DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence (DIA-CoE) at IIT, Delhi.
These jackets have been created from polymers and indigenous boron carbide ceramic material. The design configuration is based on characterisation of various materials at high strain rate followed by appropriate modelling and simulation in collaboration with DRDO.

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DRDO & IIT Delhi develop ABHED Light Weight Bullet Proof Jackets