HRL to Develop Innovative Energy Absorption Materials

MALIBU, Calif., August 29, 2011—HRL Laboratories, LLC, announced today it will develop new energy absorption materials with unprecedented energy capture and distribution mechanisms that may one day enable improved protection from impact or blast events.  HRL will develop this groundbreaking materials technology for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

This novel technology will maximize energy absorption per weight and volume and be based on HRL’s unique “micro-truss” cellular material.

“New energy absorption mechanisms are needed to break the limitations of conventional protection materials and enable safer and lighter-weight protection systems in a broad range of applications from helmets to vehicles,” said HRL lead scientist and program manager Dr. Tobias Schaedler.

HRL will lead an industry and academic team in the 18-month effort.  

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HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, California (www.hrl.com) is a corporate research-and-development laboratory owned by The Boeing Company and General Motors specializing in research into sensors and materials, information and systems sciences, applied electromagnetics, and microelectronics. HRL provides custom research and development and performs additional R&D contract services for its LLC member companies, the U.S. government, and other commercial companies.

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