ArmorWorks Receives $5 Million Order for Blast Attenuating Seats.ArmorWorks ShockRide[R] Seats to Be in BAE's Mine Resistant Ambush (language) AMBUSH - A language for linear programming problems in a materials processing and transportation network. ["AMBUSH - An Advanced Model Builder for Linear Programming", T.R. White et al, National Petroleum Refiners Assoc Comp Conf (Nov 1971)]. Protected Vehicles CHANDLER, Ariz. -- ArmorWorks, a leading provider of advanced survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. products, today announced the receipt of an initial $5 million order from BAE Systems BAE Systems British manufacturer of aircraft, missiles, avionics, naval vessels, and other aerospace and defense products. BAE Systems was formed (1999) from the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) with Marconi Electronic Systems. for blast attenuating seats to be installed in BAE's Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP MRAP Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (military vehicle) MRAP Mouvement contre le Racisme et Pour l'Amitié entre les Peuples (French antiracism movement) MRAP Melanocortin-2 Receptor Accessory Protein ) vehicles. The seats incorporate ArmorWorks' ShockRide[R] energy attenuating seating system which the company introduced to the defense community in February 2007. This order provides for ArmorWorks' lifesaving seating system to be installed in more than 400 MRAP vehicles to be used by the US Army and US Marines Corps. As an industry leader in developing energy-absorbing armor, ArmorWorks leveraged its know-how to develop energy-absorbing seats to protect soldiers from the destructive shock of a blast beneath a vehicle. The company's ShockRide[R] energy absorbing seating system is US Government tested and approved for protecting against spinal injuries to troops exposed to mine blasts. "The explosion of a mine or IED Noun 1. IED - an explosive device that is improvised I.E.D., improvised explosive device explosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy beneath a vehicle can create shock waves that are more destructive than the impact of the vehicle dropping 100 feet," explained Bill Perciballi, president and founder of ArmorWorks. "We saw a critical need to develop a product that could save our soldiers, not only from ballistic bal·lis·tic adj. 1. a. Of or relating to the study of the dynamics of projectiles. b. Of or relating to the study of the internal action of firearms. 2. fragments, but also from the extreme shock from a mine blast. Energy attenuating seats are a natural and needed addition to our line-up of life protecting products." ArmorWorks is also in the final design stages of developing a ShockRide[R] bench seat to be installed in BAE's Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle infantry fighting vehicle n. A heavily armed, armored combat vehicle, having tracks or wheels and often having amphibious capability, used to transport infantry into battle and support them there. , which is utilized by the US Army. About ArmorWorks ArmorWorks, founded in 1996, provides cutting-edge survivability technology and products to military and enforcement agencies worldwide. ArmorWorks develops and produces advanced armor and survivability products using high-tech materials to provide state-of-the-art protection. For more information, visit www.armorworks.com. |
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