The lightweight body armor plates have to cover your back and the torso. A standard steel plate of 10"X 12"weighs 3.6 kg each. Therefore, about 7.2 kg weight rests on shoulders of an individual ...

Enter West Coast Armor and their Level IIIA lightweight plates, where American grit meets boutique ballistic brilliance (say that three times fast). These plates are the silent professionals of the ...

The new PE, UHMWPE body armor reduces the weight more than 50% over traditional steel armor plates, providing positive buoyancy and reducing shrapnel also caused by steel plates. This ...

The U.S. Army is close to approving a new lightweight body armor plate with a "shooter's cut" to provide close-combat forces with greater mobility in combat. Program Executive Office Soldier ...

Together, the lightweight plates reportedly achieve a 7-14 percent weight reduction over the current armor plates issued to soldiers downrange, according to the Army. The results of testing ...

Marine body armor engineers share a glimpse of their new protective gear that features lighter weights, lighter plates and ...

The Marine Corps recently called on defense firms to submit proposals for a new lightweight body armor plate that's about 38 percent lighter than the current plates used to protect Marines from ...

the ultra-lightweight and ultra-thin "305 PRO" hard armor plate, with the first units delivered to a South Florida Police Department. The new "305 PRO" hard armor plates are now available on Safe ...

The service is planning some changes to its body armor, ballistic plates ... during exercise Forest Light March 15, 2017.U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Isaac Ibarra To ensure the current USMC ...

“Our current ESAPI plates do an amazing job of protecting ... Marines might field the new lightweight body armor by 2020, according to the command release. Shawn Snow is the senior reporter ...