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The Army’s $108 million plan to keep tanks and other armor alive includes lasers, interceptors, and thermal camouflage.
The up-armored utility task vehicle was shadowing Trump as he played golf at his Turnberry club in Scotland over the weekend.
Modular Scalable Vest The Army has fielded 80,000 Modular Scalable Vests, or MSVs, in recent years and expects to continue fielding this new body armor through mid-fiscal 2028, officials said.
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — All things soldier gear start here. From boots and body armor that will fit the varying sizes of the 1 million soldiers across the Army to the weapons soldiers shoot and the ...
U.S. Army units in Iraq and Afghanistan lack more than 4,000 of the latest Humvee armor kit, known as FRAG Kit 5, according to U.S. officials.
People in Lincoln are working on armor retrofit kits to help protect soldiers in Iraq from the most common killers in the war the roadside bomb. About 22 of the 223 employees at Lincoln's General ...
The Army is testing a redesigned, lighter torso protection piece for the body armor kit. (Army) And soldiers will get new eye protection that includes a transitioning lens for sunglasses. That’s ...
I was in Iraq in 2003 with the 173rd Airborne. We all complained about body armor and heat till we saw a squad mate's SAPI plate stop two consecutive rounds of 7.62x39 at a range of about 4m.
Last year the team installed armor and safety enhancement kits on nearly 900 vehicles. "It makes sense to armor vehicles here in Kuwait since most, if not all, equipment comes through here, either ...
They realized they had hit on something special, that could potentially lighten the average 26-pound body armor kit worn by servicemen in the field by as much as two thirds.
Modular Scalable Vest The Army has fielded 80,000 Modular Scalable Vests, or MSVs, in recent years and expects to continue fielding this new body armor through mid-fiscal 2028, officials said.