Sapphire Armour Deal

Saint-Gobain Crystals has won a US$ 20M, three year contract to supply the US Army with glass for a rocket launcher. It will supply sapphire engineered armour and tooling to make bulletproof windscreens and door windows for the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Launcher. Its plant in Milford, New Hampshire, will supply the products, which consist of large sheets of sapphire laminated with multiple layers of glass and polycarbonate.