The global bulletproof glass market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.6 % from 2017 to 2022. 

PPG and Vision Systems have reached a commercial agreement to work together on developing new applications utilizing Vision Systems’ electronically dimmable window shading product for aircraft.

Engineers have created a new material with an unusual chemical structure that makes it incredibly hard yet elastic. The material can withstand heavy impacts without deforming; even when pushed beyond its elastic limits, it doesn’t fracture, but instead retains most of its original strength.

A moth’s eye and lotus leaf were the inspirations for an antireflective water-repelling (superhydrophobic) glass coating that holds significant potential for solar panels, lenses, detectors, windows, weapons systems and many other products.

Imagine a glass window that’s tough like armor, a camera lens that doesn’t get scratched in a sand storm, or a smartphone screen that doesn’t break when dropped. Except it’s not glass; it’s a special spinel that the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has been researching over the last 10 years.