WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army's struggle to find a new, more flexible body armor was dealt a setback Friday when a California company's high tech Dragon Skin vests failed to pass military testing, a ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army released a barrage of test results on Monday showing that a privately-sold flexible body armor that some families have sought for their soldiers failed extensive military ...

A team of researchers at Northwestern University recently announced a breakthrough nanomaterial—a two-dimensional (2D) polymer that mechanically interlocks like chainmail—that could lead to stronger, ...

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — From cold weather gear to body armor to air crew life preservers, targeting and soldier-borne computing, the epicenter for soldier gear has a host of new or improved items of ...

During SHOT Show in Las Vegas this past January, Point Blank Enterprises debuted its newest soft body armor, the Elite EXO. The manufacturer teamed up with DuPont, working for the past two years to ...

SPINDALE, N.C. , Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- N-Force(TM) ballistic vest is the latest development in soft flexible body armor from First Choice Armor (FCA) utilizing the super-advanced power of Nano-Repel ...

WASHINGTON -- In a rare move, the Army released a barrage of data Monday showing that a privately sold flexible body armor that some families have sought for their soldiers failed extensive military ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio analysts forecast the global body armor market for military applications to grow at a CAGR of almost 7% during the forecast period, according to their latest report.

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a recently published report, Vector Strategy forecasts that the US Military will procure $6 billion of body armor for US Army Soldiers and Marines between ...