Most police departments require their officers to wear body armor for one big reason – the equipment saves lives. Between 2009-2018 there were over half a million assaults on law enforcement officials ...

Ant species that evolved thinner shells traded individual armor protection for increases in colony size, University of ...

It’s the year [2020]. You, the modern officer, are on patrol, sweating and partially immobilized by the shroud of heavy material strapped to your torso, thankful still, for it might save your bacon ...

For decades, protection lagged far behind lethality on the battlefield. The only practical protection from bullets and dangerous flying objects was steel, but weight forced a tradeoff between ...

Stainless steel composite metal foam can replace rolled homogeneous steel armor with the same protection for one-third of the weight. According to the material’s inventor the material would make a ...

RALEIGH – New research from North Carolina State University and the U.S. Army’s Aviation Applied Technology Directorate shows that stainless steel composite metal foam (CMF) can block blast pressure ...

Soldiers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina will soon receive the Army's latest attempt at armor protection for the genitals and groin area. Beginning later this month, Program Executive Office Soldier ...

Here’s what you need to remember: The Patton may reliably soldier on and contribute its heavy firepower to the battlefield—but in an era where minimizing casualties and denying propaganda victories to ...