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 ...

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.

Armor Holdings Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla., has been awarded two contracts worth $50.6 million to provide the U.S. Army with protective body armor plates and spare armor components for up-armored ...

The war between Ukraine and Russia has highlighted the importance of body armor for soldiers, and the deadly consequences when it is lacking. Body armor is something Golden-based CoorsTek knows well.

Extremis' main business since startup has been making custom body armor for vehicles, mostly police cars, SUVs and some fire ...

Marine body armor engineers share a glimpse of their new protective gear that features lighter weights, lighter plates and more size options. Iran issues warning after U.S. helps Israel intercept ...

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced a new lawsuit against body armor manufacturer ShotStop Ballistics from Stow, Ohio, for allegedly importing Chinese-produced plates and labeling them as “made ...

Pentagon generals met with members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday to discuss body armor for U.S. troops. A secret Pentagon study revealed in media reports last week found that four ...

The Pentagon sent Taiwan "wet and moldy body armor" in shipments of armaments meant to strengthen Taiwan's defenses, but instead, the U.S. spent at least an additional $730,000 to try to remedy the ...