Jacquelyn Martin / AP Retailers and manufacturers of body armor are reporting increased sales that are due in part to new customers seeking added protection following the recent spate of mass ...

Officers depend on their body armor on a daily basis. There is the inevitability, however, that the armor will one day no longer properly function. Here’s how three agencies chose their body armor.

Designing effective body armor involves several engineering and ergonomic challenges. The goal is to achieve maximum ballistic protection while ensuring the armor remains lightweight, flexible, and ...

Fielding better-fitting body armor for female and small-statured service members has long been on the Defense Department’s to-do list. Three years ago, female veterans in Congress introduced a bill to ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Andrea Porter is stripping back the layers of bulletproof material as she researches ways to make body armor safer and more comfortable for women’s bodies. The Texas ...

Riding a motorcycle is a serious business, especially if you are passionate about it. Apart from the visible gear including helmet, gloves, a pair of shoes, and jacket, body armor is an essential ...

On April 3, Vietnamese immigrant Jiverly Wong, 41, walked into an immigration-services center in Binghamton, N.Y., and opened fire, killing 13 people in the worst mass shooting in the U.S. since the ...

When a man stepped into a Buffalo grocery store last Saturday with an AR-15-style rifle, the store’s security guard tried to stop the shooting by firing his own weapon back at the suspected shooter.

Warren Kanders’ Cadre, which makes body armor and bomb suits, has gotten a boost from Trump’s defense spending. Now it’s ...

Tactical body armor is largely unregulated across the country. Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia testified on Capitol Hill this month that the recent ...