Scientists with the U.S. Naval Research Lab (NRL) are the first to succeed at creating a ceramic window for all types of military vehicles that is not only 50 percent harder than current materials, ...

The war between Ukraine and Russia has highlighted the importance of body armor for soldiers, and the deadly consequences when it is lacking. Body armor is something Golden-based CoorsTek knows well.

SINTX Technologies Inc., a Salt Lake City-based original equipment manufacturer of advanced ceramics that entered the Maryland market in June 2022, Tuesday announced that equipment installation along ...

Boron carbide has already seen plenty of action as a material for body armor. But limitations in this ceramic's density and ability to tolerate complex shapes, have restricted it to small, flat, armor ...

Ceramic materials have become viable—even better—replacements for conventional metallic armor plates on tanks, personnel carriers and other armored vehicles. They not only resist penetration by most ...

Nov 30 (Reuters) - Ceramics maker Ceradyne Inc said it received a $107 million order for ceramic body armor plates from the U.S. Army. The new delivery order is scheduled to be shipped beginning ...