Revolutionizing Soldier Protection: Designing Smart, Lightweight, Safe, and Affordable Bulletproof Jackets for Indian Forces

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    Ravikant Nanwatkar, Sakshi Khairnar, Tanishka Devkule, Vaishnavi Waghalgave, Gaytri Udawant,

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  1. Assistant Professor, UG Student, UG Student, UG Student, UG Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NBN Sinhgad Technical Institutes CampusSTIC, Ambegaon, Pune, Department of Engineering Science, NBN Sinhgad Technical Institutes CampusSTIC, Ambegaon, Pune, Department of Engineering Science, NBN Sinhgad Technical Institutes CampusSTIC, Ambegaon, Pune, Department of Engineering Science, NBN Sinhgad Technical Institutes CampusSTIC, Ambegaon, Pune, Department of Engineering Science, NBN Sinhgad Technical Institutes CampusSTIC, Ambegaon, Pune, Maharashtra, Maharashtra, Maharashtra, Maharashtra, Maharashtra, India, India, India, India, India

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nSoldiers in the battlefield need protection as much as possible and one piece of necessary equipment is the bulletproof jackets. But existing technologies in body armor today let go of some factors such as flexibility and cost efficiency, in favor of using enhanced new features. The purpose of this research work lies in the development of a new generation bulletproof jacket for Indian Armed Forces that has four attributes: smart technology, lightweight, safety, and low cost. With the use advanced materials, fibers, light weight composites and wearable electronics and technology embedded in to the jacket, their light weighted jacket is intended to offer minimal protection for the total mass lower than the current mass of the Jacket of Armor. Aspects such as health monitoring and communication facilities are incorporated with automatic technology with the aim of improving soldier safety and awareness. Also, the cost aspect is adequately addressed because the jacket can easily be produced in large quantities to suit a large and diverse force. The proposed concept not only entails optimal protection but it also tries to enhance the comfort and convenience of soldiers in the field, as well as their power and effectiveness on the battle field. This study also covers the concerns of design, selection of material, costing and test protocol required in making this new protective wear for the Indian soldiers.nn

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Keywords: Soldiers, bulletproof jackets, smart technology, health monitoring and communication facilities, optimal protection

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