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In this research field, the focus is on studies, research, design, development, modelling, simulation, testing, measurement and evluations in detonics, ballistics, protection and operator support systems. The group prides itself on being neutral, independent advisors and acts as consultants in procurement, operational support, test and evaluation. The majority of explosive landwards work is performed at the CSIR's detonics, ballistics and explosive laboratory, situated at Paardefontein outside Pretoria. It offers specialised services in the R&D cycle - from research to industrialisation in the fields of specialist vehicles, landmine and ballistic protected vehicles, specialist soldier equipment, specialised weapons, bomb disposal and borderline control technologies.
Specific skills are clustered in research groups and includes the protection against mine and other explosive threat events, explosive ordnance disposal and improvised explosive devices disposals, mine clearance, specialised weapons and explosives, vehicle and mobility, security, shaped charge/self forming fragments warhead technologies, ballistic protection, soldier systems, human response (blunt trauma, explosive event and terminal ballistics), autonomous intelligent systems, electromagnetic pulse and vehicle landmine protection validation and certification testing in accordance with RSA-MIL-STD 37.
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