The war between Ukraine and Russia has highlighted the importance of body armor for soldiers, and the deadly consequences when it is lacking. Body armor is something Golden-based CoorsTek knows well.

Valot: That's Joel Moskowitz. He's the CEO of Ceradyne, a Costa Mesa company that's supplied ceramic body armor to the military since the 1990s. The ceramic inserts with a polymer backing are about a ...

Costa Mesa-based Ceradyne Inc. has received a $6.5 million contract to supply a lightweight ceramic-armor design for U.S. Army groin-protection inserts. The company is a manufacturer of ceramics-based ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Ceradyne crdn said on Monday it was awarded a 60-month ceramic body armor contract by the U.S. Marine Corps worth up to $41.5 million. The contract includes an initial $3.2 ...

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Ceradyne Inc. crdn said Friday the U.S. Army awarded the Costa Mesa, Calif.-based company a three-year contract to supply lightweight ceramic body armor. Ceradyne said the ...

NEW YORK, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Ceradyne Inc. , which makes ceramic plates for body armor, on Wednesday posted better-than-expected earnings in the third quarter, driving its shares up 8 percent, as sales ...

WASHINGTON - Just 29 Army soldiers have sought reimbursement so far for body armor and other equipment they bought to protect themselves on the front lines. The scant number of requests are largely ...

(JTA) — A new website quietly launched by the Israeli military lets soldiers anonymously check whether their safety equipment complies with official standards, in a tacit admission both that donated ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army, under pressure to issue more protective gear to its soldiers in Iraq, has signed a $70 million emergency contract with a California company to rush ceramic body armor to ...