Plasan Sasa designs, develops and manufactures customised armour systems and chassis-up armoured bodies for lightweight military aeroplanes and helicopters as well as for vehicles.
The highlight of its stand at Le Bourget is ballistic helicopter armour that offers protection for floor, seat, wall and door from threats up to 0.5in armour-piercing ammunition. As well as being available for the Mil Mi-17 helicopter it has armour systems for the Blackhawk, Chinook, Bell 205, Puma and Super Alouette.
It is also showcasing armoured seats that protect pilots and crew from a range of threats from 7.62mm to 12.7mm APM2 armour-piercing rounds.
For transport and cargo aircraft Plasan Sasa has several applications for the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules family, including lightweight add-on armour kits.
Its light Add-on-Armor system includes fragment suppression materials and provides liquid oxygen bottles for crew, paratrooper doors and loadmaster seat protection from small arms ground fire.

Source: Flight Daily News