The best type of body armor for you depends on your specific needs and circumstances. Consider the following factors: Threat Assessment: Identify the types of threats you're most likely to encounter.

Kevlar Soft Body Armor. Since most soft body armor is made of layers of this material, it is necessary to talk a little about it. Kevlar was invented in the 1960s by Stephanie Kwolek at DuPont and ...

"We provide our Soldiers the best body armor available, bar none. It is live-fire tested and proven in combat," Brown said. Driving the decision to release May 2006 test data is an assertion by ...

Sellers of body armor are reporting an increase in business due in part to several high-profile mass shootings, police shootings and civil unrest during the pandemic.

Covert body armour is suitable for people who are looking for comfort as well as protection and their line of work requires certain level of discretion, for example security operatives, cops and close ...

Sellers of body armor are reporting an increase in business due in part to several high-profile mass shootings, police shootings and civil unrest during the pandemic.

The Army insists the body armor troops are now wearing — called Interceptor — is the very best in the world. And, without question, those vests have saved lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. But an ...

Body armor designed for men could be deadly when women use it because of a design flaw that can send bullets ricocheting off women’s chests and up into their throats.

NATICK, Mass. (Nov. 6, 2012) -- An innovation that will leave female Soldiers safer and more comfortable on the battlefield was named one of Time Magazine's "Best Inventions of the Year 2012." A ...

Brig. Gen. Mark Brown, who oversees body armor for the Army, tells NBC News, “The body armor that we issue to our soldiers today is the best in the world. Bar none.” But is it really? NBC News ...