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Article: 2 regional firms developing armor improvements
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- October 11, 2008
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Two of the Pittsburgh region's largest corporations are using
steel, glass and plastics to save soldiers' lives by improving the
armor and antiballistic capabilities of the military vehicles that
carry them into combat.
PPG Industries Inc. is developing the next generation of
"transparent armor," also known as ballistic-resistant windows,
while Allegheny Technologies Inc. makes a high-hard armor steel at
its Washington plant for use in the framework that holds the
transparent armor front and side windows for a light armored
vehicle.
"The threat (to soldiers) has been increasing, and we need new
technology to respond to the threat," Mehran Arbab, director of
glass research and development, ...