New Delhi: Meeting the “highest threat levels”, the DRDO, along with IIT-Delhi, has developed lightweight bulletproof jackets whose front and rear armours provide 360-degree protection, the defence ministry said in a statement on September 25.
As per the statement, based on the selection-criteria matrix, some Indian industries were shortlisted for Transfer of Technology and handholding.
Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), along with researchers of the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, these lightweight bulletproof jackets have been named ‘ABHED‘ (Advanced Ballistics for High Energy Defeat).
According to the ministry statement, the jackets have been developed at the DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence (DIA-CoE) at IIT-Delhi. The Centre is ready to transfer the technology to three industries, it said.
The ministry said, “With a minimum possible weight of 8.2 kg and 9.5 kg for different BIS levels, these modular-design jackets have front and rear armours that provide 360-degree protection.”
Created from polymers and indigenous boron carbide ceramic material, the design configuration of these jackets have been based on the characterisation of various materials at high strain rates followed by appropriate modelling and simulation in collaboration with the DRDO, the statement said.
“The armour plates for the jackets have passed all necessary R&D trials as per the protocols. The jackets meet the highest threat levels, and are lighter than the maximum weight limits stipulated in respective General Staff Qualitative Requirement of the Indian Army,” the statement added.
Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO, Samir V Kamat, congratulating DIA-CoE on the achievement, said the lightweight bulletproof jacket “exemplifies the effective ecosystem of successful defence R&D by the DRDO, academia and the industry”.
The DIA-CoE has been actively pursuing various projects on advanced technologies, involving DRDO scientists, academic researchers and industry partners. The DIA-CoE was formed by modifying the Joint Advanced Technology Centre of the DRDO at IIT-Delhi in 2022 to involve industry and academia in defence research and development.
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