Defense

When it comes to defense, our mission is simple: Protect the protectors. Spectra Shield® and Gold Shield® materials are durable, lightweight and flexible, offering the ultimate protection for law enforcement, military and security applications around the world.

Helping Save Lives in 40+ Countries, Every Day

For more than 30 years, our materials have protected military and law enforcement personnel with hard armor and soft armor. Today, we continue to harness our technical expertise and our patented unidirectional Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) Shield technology to offer composites that perform when they’re needed most.

A Proven Track Record

Featuring excellent stopping power in multi-hit and angle-shot situations, our Spectra Shield® and Gold Shield® materials provide ultimate protection for those who protect us all.

Today, more than half of all NIJ.06 certified vest models rely on our ballistic materials to deliver the performance demanded by law enforcement and military personnel in more than 40 countries around the world, including:

U.S. Military, Special Forces, Coast Guard, Border Patrol, FBI, CIA, Customs and Secret Services
Australian Special Forces
Royal Netherlands Army
Ecuadorian Army
Indian Border Security Force
Israeli MOD
National Police Agency of Japan
Royal Thai Police
Spanish Ministry of Defence
Taiwan National Police Agency and Army

Quality You Can Trust

Both Spectra Shield® and Gold Shield® materials use patented unidirectional Shield technology and are manufactured under a comprehensive quality control process. In addition, they are ISO 9001-2000 compliant and feature product authenticity and traceability.

High-Performing Composites When and Where You Need Them.

Spectra Shield® bullet-resistant materials have been protecting military and law enforcement personnel for more than 30 years. Specifically designed for people exposed to the most critical work situations, these high-performing composites deliver some of the most efficient protection available today while remaining both comfortable and flexible. Spectra Shield® excels at a range of use cases:

Body armor
Helmets
Vehicles

Gold Shield® High-performance aramid fiber composites are known for their ability to provide multi-threat resistance for personnel and can be used in vehicle production due to its variants in cross-ply. Two-ply and four-ply variants are used for:

Soft body armor protection from spikes, knives and bullets
Hard vehicle armor protection from ballistics

Custom Solutions

The ballistic threat landscape is constantly evolving. To meet these challenges, we work directly with clients to develop custom solutions using Spectra Shield® and Gold Shield® materials. Our broad portfolio allows us to balance performance, weight, and cost across applications like hard and soft armor, using advanced UHMWPE fiber and unidirectional composite technologies.

To fast track our client design process, our U.S.-based Connected Labs facility collaborates with composite engineers to evaluate and test design variations and expedite finished products to qualify for program specs and requirements.

Capabilities include:

Ballistic testing
Rapid prototyping
Simulated NIJ lab
High-pressure manufacturing equipment
Environmental testing
Composite manufacturing

A Proven Track Record

Featuring excellent stopping power in multi-hit and angle-shot situations, our Spectra Shield® and Gold Shield® materials provide ultimate protection for those who protect us all.

U.S. Military, Special Forces, Coast Guard, Border Patrol, FBI, CIA, Customs and Secret Services
Australian Special Forces
Royal Netherlands Army
Ecuadorian Army
Indian Border Security Force
Israeli MOD
National Police Agency of Japan
Royal Thai Police
Spanish Ministry of Defence
Taiwan National Police Agency and Army

Quality You Can Trust

High-Performing Composites

High-Performing Composites When and Where You Need Them.

Body armor
Helmets
Vehicles

Soft body armor protection from spikes, knives and bullets
Hard vehicle armor protection from ballistics

Custom Solutions

Capabilities include:

Ballistic testing
Rapid prototyping
Simulated NIJ lab
High-pressure manufacturing equipment
Environmental testing
Composite manufacturing

Protection Without Compromise

Our team of experts has created versatile and high-performing materials that protect those who keep our communities and countries safe.

When used in bullet-resistant vests and other armor goods, our ballistic materials provide:

Protection against fragmentation

Which reduces injury and death from ballistic fragments caused by improvised explosive devices (IED), hand grenades, and drones.

Protection against threats

Across the entire spectrum of NIJ ballistic protection levels.

Lower back-face protection

By spreading the energy of impact over a wider area than woven products. By utilizing the Unidirectional Shield Technology, there is also an increase in bullet resistance of higher velocity projectiles at lighter weights and thinner profiles.

Comfort and concealability

Providing flexible and high performing Spectra products that will help reduce the weight and thickness of vests for all day wear.

Lighter weight

Vests containing our ballistic materials can be more than 30% lighter than vests made from woven products while still meeting the same ballistic performance levels.

Talk to an Expert

To discover how we can help you and your team remain safer, stronger, and more confident in the field, please reach out to our team of experts. We’d love the chance to connect.

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Solstice Advanced Materials Inc.

115 Tabor Rd.

Morris Plains, NJ 07950