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 ...

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 ...

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

Female soldiers in the U.S. Army have spent years fighting on modern battlefields with body armor designed for men. But the Army plans to change that poor-fitting scenario by field-testing new ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Female soldiers in the U.S. Army have spent years fighting on modern battlefields with body armor designed for men. But the Army plans to change that poor-fitting scenario by field-testing new ...