Understanding the difference between soft and hard body armor is crucial for making an informed decision about your personal protection. Each type has its own unique strengths and weaknesses, making ...

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 ...

Throughout human history, many conflicts have resulted in battles and wars. Body armor has been of central importance in order to make combatants as safe as possible against a variety of weapons.

In the consumer world it seems we can’t go a few weeks without reading about a new technology that will make our lives better, or at least more efficient. In law enforcement, it’s no different.

For decades, protection lagged far behind lethality on the battlefield. The only practical protection from bullets and dangerous flying objects was steel, but weight forced a tradeoff between ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Future American Soldiers will be better protected in combat by stronger and lighter body armor thanks to innovative work at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. Materials ...

Recent laboratory experiments using novel 3D printing approaches with nanotechnology yielded a lattice structure that stopped projectiles better than Kevlar or steel at a much lighter weight.

Strapping on my first “bullet proof vest” in the mid 1980s was a bit different than my current equipment. It was a hand me down from a fellow deputy, a Second Chance vest. They were the ticket back ...

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.