WASHINGTON – The Army improperly tested new bullet-blocking plates for body armor and cannot be certain that 5 million pieces of the critical battlefield equipment meet the standards to protect U.S.
Plate armor is capable of stopping rifle rounds all the way up to 308 Winchester. The ballistic mitigation on plate armor is higher than the standard Kevlar soft body armor which is mainly designed to ...
Detroit, Aug. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global body armor plates market size was valued at US$962.4 million in 2024 and is projected to reach US$1225 million by 2031, witnessing a market growth ...
Stow, Ohio – ShotStop® Ballistics Technologies, LLC (ShotStop), an innovative and leading manufacturer of patented and patent-pending advanced ballistic technologies, including, body armor, ballistic ...
U.S. Army equipment experts plan to test lighter-weight, individual body armor plates by this summer, according to a recently released Defense Department test and evaluation report. The Army's ...
WASHINGTON – The Army improperly tested new bullet-blocking plates for body armor and cannot be certain that 5 million pieces of the critical battlefield equipment meet the standards to protect U.S.