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    http://www.uniteddefense.com/pr/pr_20050316.htm

    United Defense Integrates Electro-Magnetic Armor Technology on Combat Vehicle and Defeats Live Threats

    Contact:
    Herb Muktarian
    United Defense
    [email protected]
    (717) 225-8004

    SANTA CLARA, CA, March 16, 2005 - United Defense Industries, Inc. (NYSE:UDI) achieved another industry first by successfully defeating incoming threats during live-fire testing of an Electro-Magnetic Armor (EMA) package fully integrated on a hybrid electric drive combat vehicle demonstrator.

    This effort, using an EMA package fully integrated with the hybrid-electric drive system, was accomplished through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Army's Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) in Warren, Mich.

    According to TARDEC Director Dr. Richard McClelland, "Being able to leverage industry research expertise, such as this EMA program with United Defense, allows the Army to integrate life-saving advanced technology at a much more rapid pace than through traditional methods."

    "The successful completion of live-fire testing of an EMA package on a hybrid-electric vehicle demonstrator illustrates the type of multi-hit capability that can be integrated into vehicle systems at significantly lower weight to provide a level of protection similar to reactive packages," said Tom Hutson, project manager for United Defense.

    The EMA package successfully defeated a shaped charge threat during live fire testing Feb. 22 at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

    EMA technology can significantly enhance the survivability of vehicle systems as part of a layered approach ultimately aimed at increasing soldier protection. EMA uses high voltages and currents to defeat shaped charge warheads such as those from Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs). Research in reliable power management and delivery at lower volumes and weights for Pulse Forming Networks (PFNs) allows the system level integration, experimentation and demonstration of EMA on a combat vehicle.

    About United Defense
    United Defense designs, develops and produces combat vehicles, artillery, naval guns, missile launchers and precision munitions used by the U.S. Department of Defense and allies worldwide, and provides non-nuclear ship repair, modernization and conversion to the U.S. Navy and other U.S. Government agencies. To learn more about United Defense, visit

  • #2
    The day is almost at hand When the phrase "Shields Up." will Actually be used in the Military.

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    • #3
      can't wait
      for MOTHER MOLDOVA

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      • #4
        oh, cool, i read an article stating that the T-72M1 already has electromagnetic armour to protect it from mines and anti-tank missiles

        http://www.translate.ru/url/tran_url...&psubmit2.y=15
        for MOTHER MOLDOVA

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        • #5
          No, Dima. The EMPS on the T-72 is a completely different thing. It's not armor, it's a system used to detonate mines with magnetic fuzes. It consists of an 800W inverter and a cable that wraps around the exterior of the tank. It projects a magnetic field around the tank to detonate the mine before the tank gets too close. (Obviously it only works on magnetic fuzed mines)

          The ARENA-E system is a radar-controlled sub-munitions dispenser for protection against rockets and RPG's.

          Neither of these Russian systems are anything like the electromagnetic armor described in the article. The article is talking about a lightweight armor that is designed to take the hit directly and dissipate the jet of molten metal created when a shaped charge hits the exterior of the vehicle. The theory behind it is that when the round hits, fiberoptic sensors trigger an electromagnetic pulse in the armor that expands and dissipates the molten stream. Very different thing than the Russian approach. The Brits are working on this technology also.
          "We will go through our federal budget – page by page, line by line – eliminating those programs we don’t need, and insisting that those we do operate in a sensible cost-effective way." -President Barack Obama 11/25/2008

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          • #6
            oh, thanks for clearing it up, yea, that misinterpretation problem

            that's pretty cool, so, what is it optimized for, what will it work best against, RPG's?tanks shells, He's, HEAT's etc.?FPSDS or something like that, lol? protection vs. all of these?
            for MOTHER MOLDOVA

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            • #7
              Heat.

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              • #8
                yea, High Explosive Anti-Tank
                for MOTHER MOLDOVA

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