body armor

“It feels like an iceberg’s right on my back."

"It shows us that the military is starting to appreciate us females more, especially as cops."

'The Army should continue the testing of the lighter-weight Generation III VTP designs'

Plate carriers don’t just hold your body armor in place — they’re the interface between you and your gear.

What if soldiers in the future could carry 300 lbs of body armor and heavy weapons with ease? With the development of new exoskeleton suits, the burden of heavy body armor may become an issue of the past.

What if soldiers in the future could carry 300 lbs of body armor and heavy weapons with ease? With the development of new exoskeleton suits, the burden of heavy body armor may become an issue of the past.

"It really matters that we get this solved."

From its early inception in the 1500s, body armor has come a long way. These days, the two main types are steel core and ceramic plates. To help you decide which is the best fit for you, we took them to the field, put 'em through the ringer, and broke down the key differences in each.If you’re a first responder, veteran, or military member, click here to get 10% off your entire order.

Since the onset of the pandemic, the team has been dedicating way too much time to Call of Duty Warzone. After hours of gameplay, we wanted to know how many rounds a plate of body armor could realistically withstand. For this experiment, Spartan Armor Systems provided us with their steel core body armor and we put it to the test.

Since the onset of the pandemic, the team has been dedicating way too much time to Call of Duty Warzone. After hours of gameplay, we wanted to know how many rounds a plate of body armor could realistically withstand. For this experiment, Spartan Armor Systems provided us with their steel core body armor and we put it to the test.

If you’ve spent any time in the infantry, you’ve been issued a flak jacket with steel SAPI (Small Arms Protective Inserts) plates. They’re super useful in combat, and may have saved your life before. But did you ever want your own body armor when you were not on the battlefield?

After years in the making, the Marine Corps has finally started fielding the next-generation Plate Carrier Generation III body armor to lighten the load for grunts in the field

The body armor blast sensors the military is working on could make it easier to tell if a service member needs medical evaluation by measuring blast overpressure exposure

Body armor has come a long way since firearms were first invented.  There have been some incredible life-saving protection and...

The Army has been testing and has already quietly fielded some new body armor, helmets, and Night Vision Goggles.

U.S. soldiers and Marines can expect to see a slew of new gear in their kits at the start of the next decade, from improved body armor to better sniper rifles and grenade launchers

Military body armor has improved drastically over the last few centuries, and we have the details how

U.S. special operations forces are currently field testing a lightweight combat armor designed to cover more of an operator's body than previous protective gear

U.S. Army equipment officials said last week that the service's new helmet system, with includes detachable face and neck protection, saved a soldier's life recently in Afghanistan, blocking a brick that was thrown by an angry mob

"The natural armor such as these fish scales is tough and much lighter, without impeding body flexibility and locomotion"

If diamond are a girl's best friend, then pearls may soon be a soldier's — sort of

3D printers are meant to print out knickknacks, not flak jackets — which meant that engineers had to hack into the printer to get the job done

The company "endangered the lives and safety of our country's heroes who are courageously serving overseas to protect the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic," prosecutors wrote

In a June 4 request for information, Marine Corps Systems Command detailed its vision for a lightweight system and designed to "provide an integrated head protection platform for infantry and infantry-like Marines"

The U.S. military's most elite war fighters are getting some new headgear.