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Development of Non-Destructive Evaluation Instrument for Body Armour and Helmets

Awarded 01 Dec 2015

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Awarded01 Dec 2015

Value£68,880.00

SupplierMetrix NDT Limited

AgencyMINISTRY OF DEFENCE

RegionSouth West

CategoryDefense & Aerospace

Ended 10y 5mo ago6mo term

Awarded 1 Dec 2015Expired 5 June 2016

About

The Ministry of Defence awarded a contract to Metrix NDT Limited for the development of a single instrument capable of non-destructively assessing hard body armour plates and helmets, enabling inspections at or near the theatre of operation.

The fully automated system aims to provide a simple Go/No-Go result for the fit-for-purpose integrity of personal protective equipment with minimal operator intervention.

The work, conducted under SBRI application 61061-446202 held by Innovate UK for the Non-Destructive Evaluation programme, involves developing an inspection technique to highlight expected faults and robust algorithms to automatically identify fault presence from instrument data.

The contract value is AUD 68,880.

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