Army Body Armor May Be Too Heavy for Combat, Report Finds The document draws on reports that have estimated soldiers carried an average of 119 pounds apiece in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Air Force Studying Spider Silk for Stronger Body Armor, Parachutes Researchers are looking to arachnids to engineer new synthetic materials that are stronger than Kevlar.
Inside SecDef Jim Mattis’ $2.5 Billion Plan to Make the Infantry Deadlier DoD is investing in weapons, unmanned systems, body armor, training and new technology for close-combat forces.
Navy to Begin Testing New Body Armor for Naval Security Forces The U.S. Navy will soon begin the first tests on its newest body armor -- the Naval Security Forces Vest.
Army Designs Body Armor for Women and Batteries Army equipment officials have recognized after a decade at war that women are built differently than men – especially when it...
Questions Surround SOF Body Armor Recall U.S. Special Operations Command is recalling thousands of body armor plates after discovering a manufacturer’s defect that...
Nanofoam Could Lead to New Body Armor The Army's research and development arm has funded a three-year research program at University of California, San Diego...
Marines Will Soak, Sandblast Next-Gen Body Armor to Prove Toughness The Marine Corps is putting its next generation of protective gear through a kind of boot camp designed to stress problem...
Army Chief: Infantry Needs New 7.62mm Rifle The U.S. Army's chief of staff revealed Thursday the M4 carbine's 5.56mm round can't penetrate modern enemy body armor plates...
'The Greatest Soldier in American History' Took a Tank Round to the Leg and Kept Fighting The only reason Matt Urban didn't receive the Medal of Honor for single-handedly breaking an entire battalion through France...
4th US Soldier's Body Recovered from Lithuanian Swamp The Army has not released the names of the soldiers pending notification of the next of kin. The bodies of the other three...
How Comic Legend Mel Brooks Defused Land Mines During World War II Brooks participated in the Battle of the Bulge -- Germany's final major offensive on the Western Front -- but to his...
Pentagon Civilians Again Told They Can Resign Now, or Face Potential Firings in the Future Hegseth signed a memo Friday to restart a deferred resignation program that emerged out of billionaire Elon Musk's "Fork in...
A Gulf War Veteran Convicted of Killing His Girlfriend and 3 Children Is Set for Execution Jeffrey Hutchinson, 59, is set to die by lethal injection May 1 at Florida State Prison near the city of Starke. DeSantis, a...
