The Daily Mail reports that the military has been trying to build a superhero-type body armor since 1961. The idea was reportedly inspired by the 1959 publication of Starship Troopers.

Known as Behind Armor Blunt Trauma, or BABT, this aftereffect became a specific research focus for the Army in 2021 and has spawned inventions and protocols that may inform trauma study and ...

Enhanced body armor has been used in mass shootings across the country, including the one nearly three years ago in East Buffalo that claimed the lives of 10 people and wounded three others.

And the body armor that is being purchased here and sent to Ukraine is level 4, so it's military-grade armor," he said. VIDEO: Bay Area Georgian Americans collect humane relief supplies for Ukraine ...

For example, the website says that any ceramic body armor plates manufactured before 2009 that were provided by the army must be replaced. So must any army-issued helmet made of metal.

A Bronze Age armor suit, one of the oldest of its kind, has finally proven itself some 3,500 years after it was forged. The suit was discovered in 1960 after a foiled looting attempt in a richly ...

Technavio has published a new report on the global body armor market for military applications from 2017-2021. (Graphic: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Full Size Small Preview ...

They can stop machine gun fire, including AK-47s. Moskowitz says the company's waiting to hear whether it'll get the military contract for the next generation of body armor.