Army Pays Scientists $90 Mil To Smash Stuff Good -- Aol Defense
WASHINGTON: The US Army is traditionally the most low-tech of the four armed services, but the quest for lighter, stronger armor for troops and vehicles alike puts them on the cutting edge of materials science, from advanced ceramics to carbon nanotubes. That's the reason the Army made an award worth up to $90 million over five years to the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute at Johns Hopkins University to, well, smash stuff up real good. The Institute's video of one of their experiments (click above to play) looks like it might be kind of fun.
With both soldiers and vehicles struggling under the weight of all their body armor, though, achieving equal protection with lighter materials is literally a life-or-death issue for a whole range of programs.
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