Selecting good body armor plates is one hell of a business. And you’ve got to learn it quickly now if you don’t want to find out the hard way that your armor plate sucks. So, how do you select a body ...

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 ...

Tacprogear BLACK includes the Citadel Series of hard armor plates. The plates have been tested and certified to NIJ STD 0101.06 for the application of concealable body armor, external carriers, plate ...

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 ...

The Marine Corps is looking for lighter protective plates for Marines' body armor (Pfc. Nicholas Guevara/Marine Corps). The Marine Corps has a weight problem. An infantry rifleman may have to haul 100 ...

From body armor to loitering munitions, the center for all things soldier gear is upgrading and fielding new equipment to troops.

The U.S. Army is close to approving a new lightweight body armor plate with a "shooter's cut" to provide close-combat forces with greater mobility in combat. Program Executive Office Soldier officials ...

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.

WASHINGTON " A top Army general said Thursday he knows of no case in which the military's body armor has failed to do its job in protecting troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Responding to a recent ...

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.