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Since 2014, a team of researchers from the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) has developed an R & D & I line aimed at obtaining new materials for lighter and more resilient individual protection systems of the fighter, by employing nanomaterials such as graphene.
First highly promising results were obtained in the project entitled "Applications of graphene in personal equipment for defense (AGEPAD)", which was selected in the last edition of the COINCIDENTE program convened by the DGAM.
This line of research requires tests with real fire and different ammunition calibres, which must be carried out in firing ranges and by expert shooters, due to the high precision required.
From September 24 to 28, these tests were carried out in the firing ranges of the EIMGAF.
On October 1, he visited the facilities of the EIMGAF, whose commanding director is Lieutenant Colonel Enrique Montero, the vice-chancellor of Research of the UPCT, Beatriz Miguel Hernández, principal investigator of the project, who was able to verify in situ the development of the tests and the close collaboration between the components of the endowment of this school and the members of the university, fruit of the collaboration agreements that exist between the UPCT and the Armed Forces.
Currently, this line of work is financed by the European Defense Agency through contract 17.ESI.OP.066 "Service contract for the provision of a Study on the Impact of Graphene on Defense Applications", which is developed in collaboration with Tecnalia (Spain) and CNT Ltd. (UK).
The tests carried out in the EIMGAF are part of the aforementioned project, which is the first study carried out to evaluate the direct applications of the unique properties of graphene to the defense sector.
Source: UPCT
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