Gone are the days where we felt secure wearing our Level 2 soft armor to any call for service. The use of plate carriers by police and responsible citizens is on the rise. You might be asking why.

“Everything but the kitchen sink” might as well be the maxim of post-9/11 Marines who lugged half their body weight across Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, after years of bad backs, aching knees, and ...

It’s the year [2020]. You, the modern officer, are on patrol, sweating and partially immobilized by the shroud of heavy material strapped to your torso, thankful still, for it might save your bacon ...

“The most immediate need for body armor right now is weight reduction,” said Lt. Col. Kathy Brown, product manager for soldier protective equipment for the Army program executive office soldier.

Strapping on my first “bullet proof vest” in the mid 1980s was a bit different than my current equipment. It was a hand me down from a fellow deputy, a Second Chance vest. They were the ticket back ...

While body armor systems have been around almost as long as firearms have, systems able to reliably stop rifle rounds have only been around in the last fifty years (or less!). These systems use a ...