The U.S. Army should authorize commanders to allow combat troops to leave the service's heavy, over-designed body armor behind on certain missions to increase physical performance, according to a ...

He said a "holistic," head-to-toe review of body armor ... us to have increased weight, do we want to adjust the bar' " Fuller also said as an effort to reduce weight on Soldiers, the Army is ...

The Army plans an elaborate display of armor, artillery and aircraft for its 250th anniversary parade June 14.

BAUMHOLDER, Germany (Army News Service, Jan. 25, 2008) -- For as long as the Army has used Interceptor Body Armor, Soldiers have complained that it is too heavy ... Soldiers in U.S. Army ...

In 2019 the Army expects to roll out a new, lighter body armor system. The armor will provide ... when compared to the Army’s current heavy-duty option, the Improved Outer Tactical Vest.

The new body armor is also lighter than the previous model, providing high-quality protection and greater mobility to troops on the ground. US Army soldiers will soon begin gearing up for battle ...

The US military is developing “Xena: Warrior Princess”-style body armor for women that ... but it would be twice as heavy.” As a result, some of the Army’s developmental efforts involve ...

In the president’s budget request, the Army included $155 million in 2022 for better fitting body armor and extreme cold weather gear specifically for future Arctic operations, Defense News ...

U.S. Army Lt. Craig Giancaterino searches for insurgents in the Al Jazeera Desert of western Iraq in a photo released March 27, 2006. The Army banned soldiers from wearing non-military issued body ...

The U.S. Army will up-armor a pair of brigade combat teams over ... The three conversions reverse a decade of reductions in armored BCTs—heavy units equipped with M1 Abrams tanks and Bradley ...

The U.S. Army just finished operational testing of a new, mobile assault bridge, designed to cross battlefield barriers. It is scheduled to be fielded to the first combat troops next year.

In January, an unreleased Pentagon study found that side armor could have saved dozens of U.S. lives in Iraq, prompting the Army and Marine Corps to order thousands of ceramic body armor plates to ...