Exploring Lightweight Options to Safeguard the Warfighter in an Ever Changing Theater
key conference topics: - Discuss with PEO Soldier how to lessen the weight of body armor without impacting performance or lethality
- Mitigate behind armor blunt trauma with new body armor performance standards and testing methods shared by the DoD Blast Injury Research Program Coordinating Office
- Enhance soldier survivability and lethality with experimentation shared by the Maneuver Battle Lab, Army Maneuver Center of Excellence
- Supply warfighters with Chemical and Biological protection with Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense
- Discuss the future of warfighter protection with the University of Delaware Center for Composite Materials
key conference features - Interactive Workshop: Mitigating Behind Armor Blunt Trauma with New Body Armor Performance Standards and Testing Methods
- Interactive Workshop: Increasing the Understanding of Blast Events on Traumatic Brain Injuries to Protect the Warfighter
conference focusIt has been estimated that between 2009 and 2015 the DoD will procure more than $6 billion in body armor and 75 million pounds in material for the Army and Marines. Armor is critical to protecting the warfighters while ensuring they can be lethal in any operating environment. However, the constant development and improvement of weapons is testing warfighter protection equipment every day across the globe. With warfighters lives at stake, the protection equipment is constantly being modified and upgraded in order to meet the new challenges. But new types of injuries are proving a need for different protection than before.
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Warfighter Protection 2011 Program will provide solutions and ideas to address the current equipment concerns, discuss the future of warfighter protection and ultimately protect warfighters around the world.
