Advanced Armor Research Group (AARG) is a partner Graphene Integrations has worked with on graphene-integrated polymers and composites for aerospace and armor applications. According to AARG's own website, it is a privately held American company that provides engineered armor solutions for military vehicles and other platforms that need reduced weight.
What we worked on together
Working with AARG, we developed graphene-integrated polymers and composites. The composites were evaluated with V50 ballistic testing at the NTS Chesapeake ballistic and materials testing facility in Belcamp, MD. V50 is the impact velocity at which a projectile is expected to defeat a given armor material about half the time, and it is a standard way to compare armor materials.
How graphene is added
We disperse graphene into the polymer resin used in the composite, so it arrives already mixed in the carrier. We sell graphene only pre-dispersed, never as dry flake or powder. Graphene is added to the resin to improve the mechanical properties of the composite, and the composite is then tested against the baseline material.
What we do and do not claim
This work is at the development stage. We have not published V50 numbers for our composites, so we make no claims about protection levels. Armor products must be tested and certified to the standards that apply before use, and aerospace materials are qualified program by program.
Learn more
- Press release: graphene-integrated polymers for aerospace and armor
- Graphene armor composites
- Graphene in commercial aerospace
- Graphene in the military
- Become a graphene integration partner
Want to test graphene in your own product? Tell us what you make and what you want to improve. Graphene is sold only pre-dispersed in a carrier, and pricing and samples are by quote. Call 704-659-3682 or request a quote, samples or a spec sheet.