North Charleston, SC- Protected Vehicles, Inc. is pleased to announce that ShieldAll™, the company’s solution to combating deadly explosively formed penetrators (EFPs), has completed several rounds of intensive testing on the proving grounds of a U.S. Government testing facility.

The results exceeded expectations of the product's resilience to the devastating effects of an improvised explosive device (IED). EFPs are among the most destructive IEDs used by the enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan. IEDs account for approximately 70 percent of casualties in the field.

ShieldAll™, available exclusively from PVI, was created from an advanced materials development program at Battelle. With this revolutionary material in hand, PVI and Battelle joined forces to create a composite armor encompassing ceramics, metals, reinforcing and patented binders that provide exceptional protection against threats from powerful EFP explosions

This armor solution is 1/3 lighter than steel armor, yet provides EFP protection which standard steel armor does not. This makes PVI’s EFP solution lighter than all known solutions to date. Although originally developed for use on PVI’s GOLAN, ALPHA and PROTECTOR line of vehicles, ShieldAll™ utilizes a versatile design which allows it to be used as an up-armor kit on an assortment of other combat vehicles currently being developed and already in the operating theater.

This revolutionary armor solution is based on readily available components and ongoing involvement from a tier one polymer manufacturer. ShieldAll™ is available immediately for large-scale production ramp up.

PVI
31.07.2007