USA LEADS CUTTING EDGE MILITARY FABRIC RESEARCH THAT TRIES TO ANTICIPATE FUTURE THREATS
September 1st, 2019
MILITARIES try to outsmart the enemy, and researchers tasked with producing textiles to aid effective missions are often told to create materials that could defeat imagined as-yet unconfirmed threats.
“Intelligence shares what threats might look like and we look to address them before anything happens,” said Richard M Arndt, public affairs officer with the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Chemical Biological Center, based in Maryland. (richard.m.arndt.civ@mail.mil)
And with the ever-present challenge of making existing kit lighter, ...
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