Composite Armored Vehicle (CAV)
The Composite Armored Vehicle (CAV) ATD will demonstrate the feasibility of producing lighter weight ground combat vehicles manufactured from advanced composites. The CAV ATD will consist of an integrated demonstration of advanced composites and advanced lightweight armors on a C–130 air–deployable 22–ton vehicle emphasizing manufacturability, repairability, nondestructive testing, and structural integrity. The vehicle structure and armor will weigh at least 33 percent less than comparable steel or aluminum. CAV’s operational advantages will improve survivability through inherent signature reduction of composite materials on vehicle shaping, and improve agility and deployability by reducing structure and armor weight.
The Army Research Laboratory (ARL), the Univeristy of Delaware Center for Composite Materials (CCM), and Tuskegee University have teamed to study variou aspects of compostite armor:
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(1) The effects of fiber sizing, resin properties, stitching, tile adhesion, and elastomeric sublayer properties on ballistic and post-ballistic performance.
(2) Thick-section processing analysis, including RTM flow, cure, and process-induced residual stress and warpage modeling.
(3) Innovative cost-reducing processing techniques.
(4) Repair
(5) Cost analysis
(6) Quality and process sensing and control
CAV supports Crusader EMD, FSCS, FCS Demonstrations, and FIV.
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