A BRIDPORT textile manufacturing company’s rocket-propelled grenade armour system has been chosen for use in a wide range of armoured vehicles for the Danish armed forces.

AmSafe Bridport Limited was selected by Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) following a 12 month competition.

The programme is for the design and supply of AmSafe Bridport’s lightweight Tarian rocket-propelled grenade armour system.

Neal McKeever, sales and marketing director for AmSafe Bridport, said: “Combat vehicles have an increased need for high performance, lightweight, cost effective RPG armour that can restore a vehicle’s performance and improve crew safety.

“Therefore, AmSafe Bridport is delighted to be selected to supply the Tarian system to the Danish Armed Forces.”

The seven year programme for DALO will introduce a single armour system across a fleet of vehicles.

The armour system aims to provide capability improvements through improved protection against rocket-propelled grenade threats and enhanced reliability in all environments.

Mr McKeever added: “A high level of common components and system durability will provide significant cost benefits in support and training.

“AmSafe Bridport is delighted to be working in partnership with it’s in country representative, Damasec, to deliver this opportunity.

"Tarian is a highly effective solution for protection against RPGs and is also the world’s lightest such system.

“Crew survivability is also greatly improved as Tarian cannot create a mechanical lock that prevents emergency exit in the event of an accident or blast event.”

Developed in close collaboration with the UK Ministry of Defense (UK MOD), the Tarian system has been extensively tested with more than 800 live shots in the USA, UK and Europe.

Tarian was first deployed operationally in 2009 in Afghanistan and it is now fitted to a variety of British military vehicles following an order from the UK MOD in 2012.

For more information visit amsafebridport.com.