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Tactical Body Armor Systems

Ceradyne is a vertically integrated manufacturer of lightweight, ceramic tactical body armor for police and military applications.





Vertically integrated capability includes:

    Powder Production
    Ceramics Fabrication
    Armor Fabrication
    System Integration
    Ballistic Evaluation

Ceradyne has been a leader in the manufacturing of advanced technical ceramics for ballistic applications since 1969. From the earliest application of ceramics for light-weight armor manufacturing, Ceradyne has provided innovative ballistic protection solutions with the lightest and most durable tactical body armor available.

Tactical Body Armor
Ceradyne offers single, double and triple curve plates and multi-hit tactical body armor systems featuring boron carbide and silicon carbide advanced ceramics.

Special Operations Force Protection
Special operations forces currently use Ceradyne's tactical body armor that includes body, side and shoulder protection. Advanced protection for other vulnerable body areas including hips, legs and arms is currently under development.

Advanced Armor Technology
Ceradyne's patented armor technology uses boron carbide and silicon carbide hot pressed tile products, pressureless-sintered silicon carbide, silicon nitride and alumina based solutions in plate, tile and round forms.

With vertically integrated manufacturing, state-of-the-art materials and innovative design, Ceradyne's tactical body armor meets or exceeds the most demanding ballistic protection requirements.

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