Light-weight bulletproof jackets with 360-degree safety developed by DRDO, IIT-Delhi | India Information

The jackets characteristic entrance and rear armours that present complete 360-degree safety, as acknowledged by the defence ministry on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: The Defence Analysis and Improvement Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Know-how (IIT)-Delhi, has introduced the event of light-weight bulletproof jackets, named ‘ABHED‘ (Superior Ballistics for Excessive Vitality Defeat), which meet the very best menace ranges. The jackets characteristic entrance and rear armours that present complete 360-degree safety, as acknowledged by the defence ministry on Wednesday.
Developed on the DRDO Trade Academia Centre of Excellence (DIA-CoE) at IIT-Delhi, the jackets at the moment are prepared for expertise switch to 3 shortlisted Indian industries. The initiative goals to bolster home manufacturing capabilities in defence tools.
“With a minimal potential weight of 8.2 kg and 9.5 kg for various BIS ranges, these modular-design jackets have entrance and rear armours that present 360-degree safety,” the ministry famous. Constituted of polymers and indigenous boron carbide ceramic materials, the jackets are designed to supply enhanced security with out compromising on mobility.

The jacket’s design is the results of rigorous characterisation of supplies at excessive pressure charges, adopted by superior modelling and simulation in collaboration with the DRDO. “The armour plates for the jackets have handed all mandatory R&D trials as per the protocols. The jackets meet the very best menace ranges and are lighter than the utmost weight limits stipulated within the respective Common Workers Qualitative Requirement of the Indian Military,” the assertion added.
Samir V Kamat, secretary of the division of defence R&D and chairman of DRDO, expressed his congratulations to DIA-CoE, stating, “The light-weight bulletproof jacket exemplifies the efficient ecosystem of profitable defence R&D by the DRDO, academia, and the trade.”
The DIA-CoE was established by modifying the Joint Superior Know-how Centre of the DRDO at IIT-Delhi in 2022, aiming to boost collaboration amongst trade, academia, and defence analysis. The centre has been actively pursuing numerous superior expertise tasks, involving DRDO scientists, tutorial researchers, and trade companions, to help India’s defence wants.