{
  "id": "proton-project-peacock",
  "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/paddles/proton-project-peacock",
  "brand": "Proton",
  "model": "Series Three – Project Peacock",
  "year": 2025,
  "launch": {
    "date": "2025-11-15",
    "precision": "month",
    "label": "November · reviewed Nov 19; exact date unverified"
  },
  "lifecycle": "current",
  "listPriceUsd": 280,
  "listPriceLabel": "",
  "build": "foam",
  "buildLabel": "Full foam (Gen 4)",
  "thickness": "13 / 15mm",
  "shapes": "Elongated · Widebody (announced as coming soon)",
  "pro": null,
  "summary": "Proton's full-foam follow-up to the Flamingo, less than a year later. The Kitchen classed it as an all-court paddle with high spin and dwell, strong at the kitchen line, with enough power to finish points and a need for added weight in the transition zone. It showed the January power leader moving to foam by year's end.",
  "construction": "100% foam 'Atomic Foam' core under a high-grade carbon fiber surface.",
  "core": {
    "layers": [
      "100% foam core (Atomic Foam)"
    ],
    "face": "carbon fiber",
    "edge": "",
    "source": "https://thekitchenpickle.com/blogs/gear/proton-project-peacock-pickleball-paddle-review/"
  },
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Series Three Project Peacock 15mm",
      "shape": "elongated",
      "lengthIn": 16.5,
      "widthIn": 7.5,
      "handleIn": 5.375,
      "thicknessMm": 15,
      "weightOz": "8.0",
      "sw": null,
      "tw": null,
      "specSource": "https://pickleballcentral.com/proton-series-three-project-peacock-15mm-elongated-pickleball-paddle/",
      "note": "PBC lists 'Average Weight: 8.0oz' only."
    }
  ],
  "status": {
    "usap": "unknown",
    "usapSource": null,
    "upaa": "unknown",
    "upaaSource": null,
    "quiet": false,
    "patent": "named-joola-settled",
    "investigation": "Under USA Pickleball surface-roughness investigation since May 28, 2026. Still on the approved list.",
    "lifecycle": "current"
  },
  "certNote": "PickleTip reports four variants (13mm and 15mm, elongated and square) were approved in early November 2025.",
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2025-11-15",
      "precision": "month",
      "kind": "launch",
      "text": "Launch: November · reviewed Nov 19; exact date unverified.",
      "source": "https://thekitchenpickle.com/blogs/gear/proton-project-peacock-pickleball-paddle-review/"
    }
  ],
  "labs": [
    {
      "lab": "The Kitchen",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://thekitchenpickle.com/blogs/gear/proton-project-peacock-pickleball-paddle-review/"
    }
  ],
  "colorways": [],
  "madeIn": "China",
  "warranty": null,
  "notes": null,
  "productUrl": "https://pickleballcentral.com/proton-series-three-project-peacock-15mm-elongated-pickleball-paddle/",
  "sources": [
    "https://thekitchenpickle.com/blogs/gear/proton-project-peacock-pickleball-paddle-review/",
    "https://www.pickletip.com/proton-project-peacock-review/",
    "https://pickleballcentral.com/proton-series-three-project-peacock-15mm-elongated-pickleball-paddle/"
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "image": "https://pointcast.xyz/images/og/paddles/proton-project-peacock.png"
}