Core Technologies

Stored Energy Plastics (NERA)

It is well known that Explosive Reactive Armour systems developed in the late sixties by Dr. Manfred Held for Israel is a great force multiplier as it packs a good resistance to chemical energy weapons with a fraction of the weight.

Problems with the system are multi-fold if it were to be used as an add on system to an existing land asset:

• Weight
• Passive - it has to be struck to be effective
• Space
• Collateral damage due to flying plate
• Sympathetic Explosions in nearby systems exposes weak spots in the vehicle it was designed to protect
• No multiple hit capability
• Low resistance to Kinetic Threats

Ascendent is developing a new SEP system that is light weight and easy to process. It is a sheet rubber that can be cut into any shape to be configured in anyway the designer of armour chooses that augments his strategy.

SEP has the following characteristics:

• Low Weight - 8mm thick weighs 10kg per meter square
• Can be used as an ERA explosive
• It is not classified as a NATO Class High explosive
• It is inert and safe for use in peace time training
• It can be designed with a computerised sensor system and packed with metal and non metallic materials to produce an active system that can defeat both KE and CE threats
• Depending on the system design, it can defend up to 3 times of hits from a CE threat on the same spot
• It can be used on the roof surface to defeat air drop cluster bomblets
• Cushion some medium calibre artillery direct hits