NRL is pressing spinel powder into transparent domes, sheets and other shapes. In the 1986 movie “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,” the Enterprise crew travels back from the 24 th century to present-day ...

Transparent aluminum, a technology first suggested in the science fiction film “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,” is now a reality. With a growing need in the Department of Defense for transparent armor ...

Made from a synthetic version of the highly-prized sapphire gemstone, new transparent armor is lighter, thinner and pulverizes bullets on impact. Currently used by the military on powerful missile ...

Engineers working for the Air Force have developed transparent ceramic armor (aluminum oxynitride or ALON) that provides better ballistic protection at less than half the weight and thickness of ...

The Department of Defense needs materials for armor windows that provide essential protection for both personnel and equipment while still having a high degree of transparency. To meet that need, ...

MILFORD, N.H., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- A 100th set of sapphire-engineered transparent armor for windshields and windows has been delivered by Saint-Gobain Crystals to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. The ...

10/17/2005 – WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFPN) — Engineers here are testing a new kind of transparent armor — stronger and lighter than traditional materials — that could stop ...

Engineers at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have used nanotechnology to increase the toughness of the transparent spinel armor it currently uses on optics, sensors, and windows on ships and other ...

The Department of Defense needs materials for armor windows that provide essential protection for both personnel and equipment while still having a high degree of transparency. To meet that need, ...