Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Ares/Blackwater armor passes Aberbeen tests

During recent tests at the Aberdeen Test Center, Army engineers fired government standard Explosively Formed Projectiles (EFP) at EXO Scale armor coupons and representative vehicle base armor. The armor coupons conclusively passed the live fire test, proving the viability of EXO Scale for MRAP II vehicles and as an upgrade to earlier generation MRAP I vehicles.

"EXO Scale clearly provides better protection for our deployed soldiers," said Maj. Gen. Buff Blount (U.S. Army, ret.), ARES chief executive officer. "EXO Scale weighs approximately 30 percent less than the government's current appliqué armor design. That translates to extended vehicle life, lower operations (fuel) costs and lower maintenance costs due to less wear and tear on the vehicle."

(Marketwire.com)

Blackwater's Grizzly created no particular stir during the MRAP II competition so far as I am able to discern. Perhaps the Grizzly's armor will fare better than the vehicle.

Somebody captured a Discovery Channel program with a segment on the Grizzly and posted it to YouTube.




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