Canadian Security Material Technologies Roadmap - Vehicle Armour
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Vision
Provide the end user with occupant centric solution options effective against all threats while providing increased operational effectiveness.
Market
- Mounted Soldier
- Police tactical
- Police
- VIP Transport
- Cash-In-Transit
- EOD
Mass migrations, asymmetric conflicts, terrorism, climate change, constrained defence budgets, ubiquitous information technology, low cost sensors, increased cybersecurity challenges, increasingly severe weather events, integration of sensors and information systems into land forces, increasing CBRN threats, emerging directed energy weapons, globalisation
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||||
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Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | |
Product/Systems Requirements | ||||||||||||
Opaque | STANAG Level 4 @15% lower AD | |||||||||||
Improve multi-hit tolerances to 10 mm | ||||||||||||
Statistical armour with probability of defeat 75% for common CE threats | ||||||||||||
Full coverage against fragmentation, impact and blast in injury risk | ||||||||||||
Transparent | Reduce delamination due to aging/scratching/yellowing | |||||||||||
Innovative Structures | Minimize seams and joints to resist blast effects | Hull structure incorporates blast protection | ||||||||||
Technical Challenges | ||||||||||||
Reduce Weight | Reduce System Weight by 15% | Reduce System Weight by 25% | ||||||||||
Develop Modelling Tools | ||||||||||||
Reduce Cost | 10% Cost Reduction | |||||||||||
Material Characterisation at Multi-scale (testing) | ||||||||||||
Increase Performance | ||||||||||||
More Efficient Manufacturing Processes | ||||||||||||
Integrated Solutions | ||||||||||||
Quantification and Design for Multi-threat | Select material to defeat various KE threats | Select material to defeat both KE and CE threats | ||||||||||
Multipurpose Materials | ||||||||||||
Availability of Material Solutions | ||||||||||||
Technology Solutions | ||||||||||||
Advanced Ceramics | Advanced Ceramics | Shape optimisation | CERMET Hybrids | |||||||||
Advanced Coatings | Ultrahard thin coatings | CBNRE resistant coatings | ||||||||||
Nanomaterials | Nanostructuring | Nano-enhanced materials | White graphene | |||||||||
Modelling and Simulation | Structural optimisation | Penetration models | Blast models | |||||||||
Characterization and Testing | System characterization | Threat effects | ||||||||||
Polymers and Adhesives | Advanced transparent polymers | Polymer foams | ||||||||||
Manufacturing Processes | Occupant centric design | 3D reinforced composites | ||||||||||
Non-Destructive Evaluation and Life Cycle Management | Reduction of scrap rates | NDE of advanced ceramics | ||||||||||
Composite Materials | Advanced laminates/Thermo set/Thermoplastic/Hybrids | Subsititution for metals | ||||||||||
R&D Projects | ||||||||||||
Demonstrate bulk manufacturability of CERMETS | ||||||||||||
Ballistic testing of nano-enhanced aluminum |
2015 until 2020Resources
- BCIP
- UBC STAR Facility
- QETE
- NSERC
- NINT
- HIT Dynamics
- CanmetCERL
- ITBs
- SRED
- UBC Composites Research Network
- NRC AST
- NRC IRAP
- SADI
- MITACS
Increased need for humanitarian and disaster support , climate change, constrained defence budgets, multinational operations, natural resource scarcity, shift in economic and policitical power from North America and Europe to Asia, increased automation in military, aging population bulge in North America and Europe, weapons proliferation, severe weather events, increased defence spending by India, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Turkey & UK.
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||||
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Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | |
Product/Systems Requirements | ||||||||||||
Opaque | STANAG Level 4 @ 25% lower AD | |||||||||||
Improve multi-hit performance and durability | ||||||||||||
Universal/Modular Attachment System | ||||||||||||
Scalable multi-threat protection system | ||||||||||||
Defeat KE, CE , IED and EFP threats | ||||||||||||
Transparent | ||||||||||||
Innovative Structures | Strengthen Material Boundaries | |||||||||||
Composites as Structural Members = no spall liners | ||||||||||||
Technical Challenges | ||||||||||||
Reduce Weight | ||||||||||||
Develop Modelling Tools | ||||||||||||
Reduce Cost | ||||||||||||
Material Characterisation at Multi-scale (testing) | ||||||||||||
Increase Performance | ||||||||||||
More Efficient Manufacturing Processes | ||||||||||||
Integrated Solutions | ||||||||||||
Quantification and Design for Multi-threat | ||||||||||||
Multipurpose Materials | ||||||||||||
Availability of Material Solutions | ||||||||||||
Technology Solutions | ||||||||||||
Advanced Ceramics | Tiled vs. monolithic designs for better coverage | |||||||||||
Advanced Coatings | ||||||||||||
Nanomaterials | ||||||||||||
Modelling and Simulation | ||||||||||||
Characterization and Testing | ||||||||||||
Polymers and Adhesives | Replacement of metal fasteners. | |||||||||||
Manufacturing Processes | Additive manufacturing | |||||||||||
Non-Destructive Evaluation and Life Cycle Management | ||||||||||||
Composite Materials | Single piece composite replacements of complex assemblies | |||||||||||
R&D Projects | ||||||||||||
Overpressure performance of bonded joints. |
2020-2025 Resources
- Factory of the Future
- Security Materials Centre of Excellence?
Predominently urbanised societies and rise of megacities, rise of human performance optimisation, increased state-state conflict, conflicts in multiple, dispersed locations, artificial intelligence in defence applications, increasing need for 'safe zones', mainstream use of automation and robotics, development of genetic weapons, blurred lines between policing and warfare.
2025 | 2028 | 2031 | 2034 | 2037 | 2040+ | |||||||
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Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | Q1Q2 | Q3Q4 | |
Product/Systems Requirements | ||||||||||||
Opaque | STANAG Level 5 and 6 as weight efficient add-ons to level 4 | |||||||||||
Adaptive Stealth | ||||||||||||
Transparent | Same level of protection as opaque armour+Transparent to the user | |||||||||||
Innovative Structures | ||||||||||||
Technical Challenges | ||||||||||||
Reduce Weight | Reduce System Weight by 50% | |||||||||||
Develop Modelling Tools | ||||||||||||
Reduce Cost | ||||||||||||
Material Characterisation at Multi-scale (testing) | ||||||||||||
Increase Performance | ||||||||||||
More Efficient Manufacturing Processes | ||||||||||||
Integrated Solutions | ||||||||||||
Quantification and Design for Multi-threat | ||||||||||||
Multipurpose Materials | ||||||||||||
Availability of Material Solutions | ||||||||||||
Technology Solutions | ||||||||||||
Advanced Ceramics | ||||||||||||
Advanced Coatings | ||||||||||||
Nanomaterials | ||||||||||||
Modelling and Simulation | Materials design from the atomic level. | |||||||||||
Characterization and Testing | ||||||||||||
Polymers and Adhesives | ||||||||||||
Manufacturing Processes | ||||||||||||
Non-Destructive Evaluation and Life Cycle Management | ||||||||||||
Composite Materials | ||||||||||||
R&D Projects | ||||||||||||
Demontration of integral adaptive camouflage armour |
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