NBC reported last week that military-issue body armor performs worse on ballistics tests than a commercial alternative called Dragon Skin. The Army responded by releasing its own report from last year ...

FORT HOOD, Texas (March 14, 2016) -- When Soldiers on the frontlines are in the midst of an operation, the last thing they need to be uncertain about is whether their protective equipment will hamper ...

The purpose of this overview is to provide a broad introduction to the nature of ceramic body armor plates and helmets as used by many U.S. servicemen and women; the medical basis for determining the ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (Jan. 17, 2013) -- It's the summer of 2005 and a squad of New York Army National Guard Soldiers is on patrol in Iraq. In an instant, their medic is struck by a round fired from ...

Body armor is a blessing and a curse for soldiers. Modern tactical armor has saved thousands of lives from bullets and bombs, but it can also be a major problem if it doesn’t fit properly. That’s what ...

I just got off the phone with PEO Soldier's Col. Bill Cole who's in charge of procuring body armor for the service. He wanted to just add some context to the story we posted yesterday stemming from ...

During Phases I and II of the study, the committee was requested to consider the use of statistics to permit a more scientific determination of sample sizes to be used in body armor testing.