Roadside bombs have caused the majority of US combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. (US Army)
DARPA, Army Researchers Working on New IED-Proof Vehicles -- Defense News
WASHINGTON — Over the next 18 months, the US Army, DARPA and Alcoa Defense are getting together to work on producing single-piece aluminum hulls for ground combat vehicles which, the thinking goes, would improve crew protection against buried roadside bombs.
Since a single-piece underbelly would obviously do away with welding seams that can break apart and endanger soldiers when an IED hits the vehicle, the structure would be lighter and more likely to stay in one piece.
IEDs have been the biggest killer of US and coalition troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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