Researcher wins award for strong, lightweight armor discovery
E-Mail IMAGE: Army researcher Michael Golt receives the Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene Award for Innovation. view more Credit: U.S. Army ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- A U.S. Army researcher won the Army's top award for innovation, using a futuristic approach to more quickly identify the best protective materials for Soldiers. Using robotics and machine learning, Michael Golt, a scientist at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, now known as DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory, developed a method to quickly assess the best ceramic materials for hard armor. For this work...
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