Transparent Aluminum!

Although it’s nine years later than Star Trek IV predicted, a “transparent aluminum” has finally been synthesized. The new material is being developed as a supplement to current transparent armor:

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s materials and manufacturing directorate is testing aluminum oxynitride (ALON™) as a replacement for the traditional multi-layered glass transparencies now used in existing ground and air armored vehicles.

Very cool…

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