Army equipment officials plan to begin fielding the service's new Modular Scalable Vest, or MSV, by next summer. Soldiers with the 71st Ordnance Group (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) and 10th Chemical ...

Whether a mission requires soft, concealable body armor or ballistic plates and pelvic protection, the Army’s new Modular Scalable Vest (MSV) has got soldiers covered. After its final field tests last ...

The Army's top gear-buying office announced this week it has begun fielding an updated version of the Improved Outer Tactical Vest to Soldiers deploying to Afghanistan. The Gen. II IOTV incorporates ...

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 ...

The Army and Marine Corps have ordered the recall of more than 18,000 protective vests made by a unit of a Long Island company, saying yesterday that the vests failed to meet specifications in recent ...

FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. -- While in the field, he wears a pair of trauma scissors tucked into his Army vest. The blue handles pop with color against the faded green and brown camouflage of his ...

a melody. In a time of deep uncertainty. A family hard at work turning their living room into a makeshift workshop producing locally made armor for the Ukrainian military. He says, this is heavy. This ...