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, too hot and too cumbersome.

Pinnacle, based in Fresno, Calif., is the manufacturer of Dragon Skin SOV3000 body armor, which Brown said failed "catastrophically" when it was tested by HB White Labs in Street, Md., one of two ...

News report suggested body armor worn by troops in Iraq is sub-par. May 21, 2007 — -- The Army held an unusual briefing Monday to aggressively challenge an NBC News report that questioned the ...

House committee investigates report on effectiveness of new type of armor. June 6, 2007 — -- The House Armed Services Committee held a hearing Wednesday about the merits of a new type of body ...

Spec.-Ops. Brand offers the OVER-ARMOR Vest for the Interceptor Body Armor System, the latest innovation in its line of high-performance tactical nylon gear for military, law ...

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 ...

After a few soldiers started wearing Dragon Skin body armor, the much-hyped alternative to the standard Interceptor defenses, the Army banned the flexible armor -- and allegedly threatened to cut ...

The success of body armor in Iraq has triggered big sales for armor companies back home. The Pentagon has spent nearly $5 billion on body armor over the past five years as armed conflicts in Iraq ...

However, he went back on patrol after his interceptor body armor was replaced. Maunakea formally presented Morrissey with the body armor on Sept. 18. "This is where it all culminates," Maunakea said.

The interceptor body armor but it's the vest. And then you have inside both the front and the back 11-pound ballistic ceramic, you know, protector — small arms protection inserts.

More than 100,000 U.S. troops in Iraq are now wearing the latest in body armor, a vest so sophisticated that it’s the first to reliably stop assault rifle bullets.The vest is relatively light ...

Body armor is always being improved. When I first joined the Army, I was issued a FLAK vest. Then when I deployed to Afghanistan, I received the Interceptor Body Armor vest.