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TARDEC Surveys Market For Survivability Systems

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Friday, September 17th, 2010

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The Army Tank and Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC) wants to hear from industry by Oct. 28 to determine if they have technologies that could provide protection for occupants and survivability for ground vehicles. The intent of the 2010 TARDEC Survivability Market Survey is to identify state-of-the-art systems. A system may be a single technology or a combination of technologies and must be minimally at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4, the survey said. The Army wants to improve…

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