An advanced transparent armor material based on unidirectionally oriented polypropylene(UOPP) film lamination technology has been developed. This armor system demonstrates asubstantial increase in the level of eye and face ballistic protection combined with significantweight reduction compared with conventional transparent armor materials such as polycarbonate(PC) and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). UOPP laminates exhibited ballistic performanceexceeding a 75% improvement over that of PC at equal areal density. In addition, the lighttransmittance of UOPP exceeds 92% which is equivalent to PC and PMMA. Transparent armormade of the UOPP laminates may be a good candidate for integration with future Warfighter'sfacial protection systems.
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