A Novel Attachment Method for Legacy and Future DoD Vehicles

CES in cooperation with QinetiQ-NA successfully demonstrated a rapid deployment 18 thick, 24 wide x 24 tall, 400 pound applique support system that easily surpassed its Phase 1 performance requirement of 3-5 G by as much as 300%; an unprecedented 10 G (4140 pounds) of sustained static loading. CES, working with QinetiQ-NA proposes to advance and refine the technology and design during Phase II of this project. These refinements will be made through careful measurement, characterization and optimization of performance variables identified during Phase 1. More complete testing will be performed on interim and final designs under live road conditions and weapons fire. CES and Qinetiq-NA will optimize the design to increase load performance, improve vehicle and applique isolation and minimize deployment time. This innovative and newly patented technology is poised to offer tremendous advantages in both Military and Civilian applications over any other switchable magnet technology, exceeding performance to weight and size ratios of current state of the art technologies by more than 400%. Further refinements made in Phase 2 will be applied to other US military and civilian applications offering value added beyond this Phase II proposal.