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NP Aerospace patent for vehicle Armor clearly indicating the use of Boron Carbide or Silicon Carbide.
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/9846013.html

https://sintx.com/applications/armor/

Boron Carbide-Silicon Carbide Nanocomposites for Next Generation Armour

is hypothesised that a composite containing nano grains of B4C and Silicon Carbide (SiC) can mitigate the polytype breakdown, whilst combining the low density of B4C with the ballistic reliability of SiC.

I guess Boron Carbide is not sufficient due to phase transformation. Adding Silicon Carbide appears to solve this problem. This must be what Sintx is developing!

https://cord.cranfield.ac.uk/articles/poster/Boron_Carbide-Silicon_Carbide_Nanocomposites_for_Next_Generation_Armour/13341341