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Appendix C
Additional Phase III Tasks
The statement of task for the study (Box 1-1) listed tasks for each of the
three phases of the study. Included as the last task for Phase III of the study was a
request for the committee to document in its final report “other issues regarding
body armor testing that the committee found relevant.”
In response, this final report addresses the following additional tasks not
specifically set forth in the task statement:
1. Provides a roadmap for reducing the variability of clay
processes and for migrating from clay to future solutions.
2. Considers the use of statistics to permit a more scientific
determination of sample sizes to be used in body armor
testing. Specifically, the committee was requested to review a
statistically based protocol that had been developed by Office
of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation with
assistance from Army statisticians and testers.
3. Develops ideas for revising/replacing the Prather study
methodology.
4. Within the time and funding available, reviews and
comments on methodologies and technical approaches to
military helmet testing.
5. Considers the possibility of combining various national body
armor testing standards.
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