720722VAFS Vehicle Active Floor and Seat SystemClosedGRD Development of PrototypeInnovate UKWhilst there is currently no effective response to landmines encountered by civilian vehicles operated by NGO’s engaged in mine clearance work, mine protected military vehicles are now heavily “up armoured” with “V” shaped hulls to divert the blast from the vehicle belly. Unfortunately up armouring presents logistical problems particularly for military vehicles such as the inability to cross weak or light bridges, exceeding helicopter lift capacities, excessive fuel consumption, and reduction in speed and manoeuvrability and alternative active mine protection solutions with a low weight penalty particularly for reconnaissance and special forces vehicles are now being sought. ABBS has patented an active system based on a fast reaction ballistic motor to stabilise the floor during the first phase of the mine blast and novel Linear Rocket Motor (LRM) to counteract Vertical Global Acceleration (VGA) of the vehicle in the second high impulse phase of the blast. We propose to develop and demonstrate the Vehicle Active Floor and Seat (VAFS) system together with lightweight composite wound LRM’s to counter VGA to provide a light totally active mine protection system for agile armoured vehicles and SUV’s for civilian use in mine clearance.