The new body armor is also lighter than the previous model, providing high-quality protection and greater mobility to troops on the ground. US Army soldiers will soon begin gearing up for battle ...

NATICK, Mass. — Researchers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, or DEVCOM SC, have developed a body armor questionnaire to help improve body armor for female ...

But the Army plans to change that poor-fitting scenario by field-testing new female body armor starting next summer. Female soldiers in the U.S. Army have spent years fighting on modern ...

The US Army Research Lab has presented general vision for 2040 which features giving soldiers Iron Man like powered full body armor with strength enhancement capabilities and creating new lighter ...

(Jason Amadi/Army) FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — From cold weather gear to body armor to air ... Executive Office Soldier ahead of this year’s Association of the U.S. Army’s Annual Meeting ...

The vest is one of several wearable gear items the Army is improving, developing or fielding to soldiers ... body armor inserts and carries a 72-hour survival kit suite of items. (U.S. Army ...

(Jason Amadi/Army) When a soldier takes an enemy round to his or her body armor and lives to fight another ... “That’s one of their tasks, is to help us identify which metric is the best ...

U.S. Army via Kayla Williams Yet the rollout of essential gear designed specifically for female soldiers has been slow. The Army had no body armor made for female bodies until 2012, when it ...

Matthew Keegan/U.S. Army ... Program Executive Office-Soldier added medical devices to its portfolio of all things soldier, which includes clothing, weapons, body armor and a host of other ...