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U.K.’s Hobson Industries Develops New Armor Solutions

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Friday, November 2nd, 2007

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The U.K.'s Hobson Industries Ltd. has developed new advanced vehicle protection solutions for the military to meet the current threat, and recently formed a joint venture with the U.S. firm Paxcon Inc., which makes LINE-X. LINE-X is a polyurethane coating that has added the benefit of a lightweight spall lining that can be applied directly to metal and non metal surfaces. For example, the latest versions of the Weapons Mounted Installation Kit for Land Rover vehicles, being assembled for operations…

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