The U.S. Army plans to test a new soldier protection system by the fall in preparation for future deployment, Army Times reported Wednesday. The new gear would include two subsystems for the torso
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A team of Naval Research Laboratory chemists has produced and patented a transparent thermoplastic elastomer armor designed to offer the same ballistic properties of bullet-resistant glass at a reduced weight. NRL said Wednesday its research
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Raymond Gamache, a lead scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory, has said the lab could deploy a new body armor for soldiers in 2016 after two years of development, DoD News reported
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The Department of Homeland Security has started accepting proposals from domestic car manufacturers for the second phase of a program to build an armored presidential limousine. DHS said March 7 in a
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The U.S. Special Operations Command expects to receive multiple prototypes of an “Iron Man-style” infantry suit by June, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. Colin Clark writes that Adm. Michael McRaven, commander of SOCOM,
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U.S. Special Operations Command wants to acquire technologies for infantry suit that would protect the wearer against different types of threats, the Army News Service reported Thursday. David Vergun writes SOCOM aims
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