<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/ACFA9B48-9B7F-4C3F-8C6F-BF56337650B9" ns1:id="ACFA9B48-9B7F-4C3F-8C6F-BF56337650B9"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/F438ED45-14F7-483E-8AF2-14DD001EEB4E" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/401EDD81-EE4B-42DD-A780-B63026501167" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/401EDD81-EE4B-42DD-A780-B63026501167" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2021-06-29T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/CA8A8185-85EE-4197-A743-559D785E6E0E" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2020-01-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">105748</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>SETBET - Shockwave Energy Transfer Belly-plate Effector</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Study</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>Advanced Blast &amp;amp; Ballistic Systems (ABBS) Limited have identified vehicle platform requirements (with vehicle manufacturers and users) for active protection measures, that pre-load the vehicle under-belly (and reduce shock deformation of the floor) and also reduce jump height (through a downforce effector), in response to an under-body blast.Our single-company Industrial Research project, SETBET (Shockwave Energy Transfer Belly-plate Effector ) delivers this protection capability for light-weight vehicles, whereby an array of shockwave energy transfer (SwE) effectors can rapidly introduce counter-impulse (downforce) into the protected vehicle, and dramatically reduce its jump height in response to an under-body blast (from a landmine or IED). SwE effectors can deliver these vehicle protection effects in a light-weight, lowsignature configuration. Survivability of the vehicle and its occupants can therefore dramatically improve, without the size, weight, manoeuvrability and operating cost penalties of additional armour.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>