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CDE enduring challenge competition presentation on protection from 24 June 2014 Innovation Network event in Cardiff
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CDE enduring challenge:
protection
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Contents
• What is protection?
• Challenges for MOD
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Protection
• MOD has a requirement to protect ALL of its
equipment in ALL current operations at ALL times
• This is a logistical burden
• Protection systems need to be:
– smaller
– lighter
– lower consumption of power
– cheaper
– in general, they need to reduce the burden on MOD
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Protection
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Protection
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Tank Kinetic Energy
Tank Chemical Energy
Anti Tank Guided Missile
Smart Artillery
Unguided Artillery
Bomblets
Terminally Guided Sub Munition
Mines
Rocket Propelled Grenades
Guns
IEDs
Enduring challenges (1)
• Improvements in protection have long been linked to
improvements to protective materials
• This is important but there are several other areas to
consider
• New methods of protection
– defeat mechanisms?
– disrupter technology?
– overlooked areas of physics?
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Enduring challenges (2)
• Novel techniques or uses of modelling and simulation
– Can we predict performance of materials and systems more
efficiently or more accurately?
• Development of novel active systems
– Can we use protection methods that sense and ‘switch on’
when required?
– Can we detect effectiveness or vulnerability in our protection
systems?
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Enduring challenges (3)
• Cost of ownership (TLCM, DLODs)
– Can we consider the lifecycle of the armour system and
reduce the overall cost?
– Purchase price
– Maintenance
– Repair
– Packaging and transportation costs
– Storage
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Enduring challenges (4)
• Protection needs to be considered as a ‘system’ be
that a vehicle, a fleet, or a complete operation
• Generic Vehicle Architecture
– Increased flexibility and adaptability in the field
– Can we create protection systems that are interoperable fleet
wide?
– Can we share our protection systems with our allies?
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Enduring challenges (5)
• Disposal of systems
– How can we ensure information about protections systems is
not compromised if left on operations?
– Can we deny access to this information more easily or more
cleverly?
– Can we make disposal methods more effective and create
less of a burden?
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References:
Contact details:
E: [email protected] or
W: www.science.mod.uk/enterprise or
www.dstl.gov.uk/armourandprotectioncentre
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