Partnerships
The development of new products and the continuous improvement of our products and services is driven by customer needs to defeat evolving threats. Partnerships, particularly with academic and government research labs have been fundamental to our success in maintaining this momentum. The role of these partners and collaborators has been particularly helpful in granting access to test facilities and protocols which allow us to conduct real world experiments.
Allen Vanguard engineers, technologists, and technicians work with international organizations where scientific expertise is leading and relevant in a range of relevant disciplines, including:
- Blast and shock wave physics
- Explosives and detonations
- Military engineering
- Ballistics
- Blunt impact physics
- Biomechanics of impact
- Heat transfer
- Human thermal physiology
- Material science
- Human factors and ergonomics
- Soft goods design
- Material science
- Mechanical and system design
These organizations include end user research bodies, academia, governmental and military institutions, and industry.
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Battelle
Biokinetics and Associates
Canadian Explosives Research Laboratory (CERL)
Canadian Centre for Mine Action Technologies (CCMAT)
Cambridge University, United Kingdom
Defense Research and Development Canada Suffield - DRDC-Suffield
Dupont
Exxon
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
General Dynamics
Kansas State University - Institute for Environmental Research
Lockheed Martin
MREL - Mining Resources Engineering Limited
National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Pacific Safety Products Inc.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Royal Military College of Canada (RMC - Kingston) CBRN Research and Technology Initiative - CRTI
TSWG
US Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensor Directorate (Fort. Belvoir)
US Army Soldier Systems Center (Natick)
US Department of Energy
United Nations Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining
United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
University of Ottawa, School of Human Kinetics
University of Virginia, Automotive Safety Laboratory