Blast Protection News

SJH Projects will be exhibiting a range of products including the Frangible Surrogate Limbs and Frangible Ballistic Head.

SJH Projects has collaborated with the ‘Imperial Blast’ to assess the suitability of the Enhanced Frangible Surrogate Lower Limb (EFSLL) for use comparing protective measures for vehicle IED protection.

The FSL or ‘Frangible Surrogate Limb’ is designed to mimic the behaviour of a human leg under the rapid loading experienced when you step on an anti-personnel landmine or are in a vehicle hit by an IED.

SJH Projects launches a new product for safely testing the circuit continuity of electric detonators.

One of the videos from the SJH Projects website suddenly becomes very popular on You Tube.

Steve Holland of SJH Projects has contributed to an article just published in The Economist.

After the completion of a demanding test series some less critical targets were used for the high speed camera – mainly to demonstrate its capability.

A question often posed by vehicle armourers is why they shouldn’t just use thicker steel rather than apply the XPT material to their protective system. These tests set out to answer that question.

SJH Projects provides support to a series of blast tests to investigate the validity of some of the forensic evidence used in the original trial.

The Technology Demonstrator prepared last year made its exhibtiion debut at DVD2009 on 24th and 25th June 2009, Millbrook Proving Grounds, Bedfordshire.

On the 3rd February 2009, Steve Holland of SJH Projects presented a paper at the prestigious Light & Medium Armoured Vehicles Symposium held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London.

In June 2008 an informal consortium of specialist companies came together to demonstrate their capabilities in the field of vehicle protection and testing.

Steve Holland of SJH Projects participated in an explosive specialist congress organised by Haverkamp in Germany. The event was a mixture of presentations, practical exercises and live demonstrations.

Steve Holland MIExpE of SJH Projects presented a paper the use of the NATO document ‘AEP55’. He discussed the benefits of AEP55 in vehicle landmine testing as well as areas in which the document could be improved.

The weather during a recent series of blast resistant door trials was typical for Otterburn Ranges – that is pretty foul. The standing water did however gives rise to some interesting images from the high speed camera.

SJH Projects had the honour of supporting the 2007 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. Shown on Channel 5 in the UK the subject this year was ‘Back from the Brink’ – the science of survival.

SJH Projects can now deliver landmine testing of vehicles to the latest NATO standard. The AEP55 Vol 2 document will become the benchmark for this sort of testing and meeting its requirements is a complex process.

The Bombings in London of July 7th 2005 continue to influence changes in practice and planning for similar events that may happen anywhere in the UK sometime in the future.

SJH Projects participated in the preparation for thet test of a novel vehicle security barrier. This barrier has now past the highest rated tests both in North America and Europe.