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 ...

ADELPHI, Md. (March 3, 2014) -- Researchers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory continue to expand body armor analysis work to protect Soldiers - not only protecting their lives, but also their ...

FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Soldiers with the 71st Ordnance Group (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) and 10th Chemical Hazardous Response Company participated in the final round of field-testing for the Army ...

It deserves a full, unbiased test ... independent testing because body armor experts, combat soldiers and military families have charged that the U.S. Army has not fairly evaluated Dragon Skin.

The U.S. Army should authorize commanders to allow combat troops to leave the service's heavy, over-designed body armor behind on certain missions to increase physical performance, according to a ...

(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 ...

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 ...

The Army is pushing forward with its ... Photo Credit: Alan Lessig / Staff Depending on the threat level, soldiers can scale it from concealable body armor all the way up to the IOTV configuration ...

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 ...