Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a soldier takes an enemy round to his or her body armor and lives to fight another day, it’s a good-news story for the ...

For decades, the M4 carbine and M249 machine gun defined the firepower of American infantry. But after years of war in ...

WASHINGTON - A dispute over testing is stalling the Army's plans to move ahead with buying a new high-tech body armor now off-limits to soldiers. The stalemate is the latest development in a complex ...

NATICK, Mass. -- On the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Mogadishu, Matt Daly -- who currently works in the Research, Development and Engineering Command Soldier Center's Soldier Protection and ...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) – Female soldiers from Fort Campbell deploying to Afghanistan will field test the first Army body armor that is shorter and better tailored specifically to fit women’s ...

Body armor has long been associated with military operations, designed for environments where protection against ballistic threats is essential.

At your request, the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies established a study committee to assess the methodologies used by the U.S. Army for the testing of body armor. What ...

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WASHINGTON — Just six months after the Pentagon agreed to reimburse soldiers who bought their own protective gear, the Army has banned the use of any body armor that is not issued by the military. In ...

I was a little surprised to learn that the standard issue G.I body armor isn’t really designed to stop the sort of attacks our soldiers are suffering in modern-day battle. It makes sense, I suppose, ...

Body armor designed for men could be deadly when women use it because of a design flaw that can send bullets ricocheting off women’s chests and up into their throats. Congress is now scrambling to try ...