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1 Introduction
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... Phases I and II were completed in 2009 and 2010 respectively and resulted in two NRC letter reports (NRC, 2009 and 2010) .4 This report is the Phase III report.
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... The committee will also consider any other issues associated with body armor testing that the committee considers relevant, including issues raised in the Government Accountability Office Report -- -Warfighter Support, Independent Expert Assessment of Body Armor Test Results and Procedures Needed Before Fielding (GAO -10119) .The committee will prepare a final report.
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...  The Phase I letter report focused on the validity of using laser-based measuring techniques to determine the contours of an indent made in a nontransparent clay material by a ballistic test. The report offered interim observations on the column drop performance calibration technique being used by the Army's Aberdeen Test Center for assessing the part-to-part consistency of a clay body used in testing body armor.
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...  In this final report, the Phase III committee has carried out the Phase III tasks and consolidated and expanded on information contained in the two earlier letter reports. This final report provides a road map to reduce the variability of clay processes and eventually migrate from methods based on clay to other methodologies.
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... 2010. Phase II Report on Review of the Testing of Body Armor Materials for Use by the U.S.
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