Armor Technology 2014

an International forum for Combat Vehicle professionals

Save the date: June 6-8, 2014

The Armor Technology 2014 International event provides armor professionals an insight into the latest trends in combat survivability and force protection technology.

Topics to be covered at Armor Technology 2014 include:

• The Evolution of the Asymmetric Threat – modern military forces are facing new threats today, as military forces, insurgents and terror groups are adapting new capabilities and operational techniques evolved through years of combat
• Maintaining a credible combat force – how different military forces view the roles and composition of armor protected elements within their land forces component
• Advanced structural armor – innovations in materials and processes, offering superior, multi-functional protection at lower cost
• Improving design and manufacturing processes – affordably building and upgrading combat vehicles
• Complex materials for better protection – Advanced composites, metals, ceramics and hybrids are improving ballistic and blast protection
• Surviving mines and IEDs – Dealing and mitigating blasts effects
• Hit avoidance – improving situational awareness and rapid response, employing soft and hard kill active protection systems

Participants at the Armor Technology 2014 International forum include leading experts from military services, prime contractors, integrators, OEMs as well as scholars and researchers from the world’s leading R&D institutions and academy. Due to the sensitivity of this topic, all participants are required to pre-qualification as approved members.

Forum membership includes web access to the full agenda of Armor Technology 2014. Membership also provides forum members an access to discussion threads, addressing specific presentations, and open topics suggested by members.

Additional privileges include a full year subscription to Defense-Update, with access to premium content, personalized information updates via email or other feeds (RSS), enhanced search, events listings, international defense industry index and more. (This bonus available free of charge to forum members, has an annual value of $96.-)

Attending the web-based Armor Technology 2014 seminar is open to qualified and approved members at special rate of $120.-

Defense-Update members who qualify for the forum, benefit from a discounted rate of of $59.95.

To request access to Armor Technology 2014 forum and seminar, please fill this application form. Payment instructions will follow upon approval by the organizers.