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- ARES Systems Group Armor Appliqué Gets Thumbs Up From Army Aberdeen Test Center
- Lighter, stronger, more cost-effective armor for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected MRAP vehicles -- that's what ARES Systems Group and Blackwater Worldwide have offered the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps. The EXO Scale armor appliqué, developed by ARES, was submitted to the Marine Corps in response to...
- Research articles 2008-03-03
- Weight watch: search continues for lighter alternatives to steel armor.(Tactical Vehicles)
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Becoming a lighter and faster force--Army officials have iterated endlessly--is among the service's paramount goals. But the Army may have a tough time getting there as long as tons of heavy steel plates continue to bear down on its patrol and combat...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- Letter: Add-on armortooheavy for new vehicles
- WASHINGTON -- Armor intended to protect the Pentagon's new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles against the most powerful roadside bombs is too heavy to use, says the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. The add-on armor known as Frag Kit 6 could overwhelm all MRAPs...
- Research articles 2007-07-17
- John Deere to Build TRAMs for Marines.
- Walt Moore Given the federal government's fondness for acronyms, the U.S. Department of Defense calls a specially modified Deere 624J wheel loader a TRAM - for tractor, rubber-tired, articulated-steering, multi-purpose vehicle. John Deere has a...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- Report: Military errors held up armor in Iraq
- Miscalculations and problems in the military supply pipeline created delays in armoring the Army's truck fleet in Iraq, leaving soldiers at greater risk from lethal explosions, according to a new government study. When insurgents started targeting U.S. troop convoys with hidden bombs, commanders asked for more armor for humvees...
- Research articles 2006-03-24
- Humvee vulnerabilities raise doubts on future
- WASHINGTON -- Even the most heavily armored Humvees may be inadequate to protect U.S. troops from ever-changing insurgent tactics, the Marine Corps' second-ranking general told lawmakers Tuesday. New vehicle designs, however, would take years to develop. The House Armed Services Committee questioned Gen. William Nyland, assistant commandant of the...
- Research articles 2005-06-22
- Arotech Receives $1 Million Vehicle Armor Order from U.S. Army; Arotech's Armour of America Will Supply Armor Kits to Protect US Army Vehicles Operating in Iraq
- AUBURN, Ala. -- Arotech Corporation (NasdaqNM: ARTX) announced today that its AoA Armour of America subsidiary, belonging to its Armor Division, has received a new order valued at over $1 million for ballistic armor kits. Arotech's AoA subsidiary will supply its armor kits to protect U.S. Army vehicles operating...
- Research articles 2005-04-12
- The Kevlar Congress
- The Bush administration and Pentagon have taken a lot of heat, some of it probably deserved, for an alleged shortage of armored Humvees in Iraq. The issue came to a boil several weeks back, when Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was confronted by a G.I. on the issue during a widely...
- Research articles 2005-01-09
- On the cutting edge of technology: with sustainability and survivability in mind, AMC's engineers and scientists focus on quickly getting the right technologies into the hands of Soldiers when they need it
- THE war on terrorism has changed the way Soldiers fight and how the Army protects them. Recent advances in science and technology have helped save Soldiers' lives by providing them with improved means of detecting and destroying enemy weapons. At the same time, these new technologies have decreased the...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
- House Approves Fiscal Year 2005 National Defense Authorization Act
- The U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 4200, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, on a bipartisan 391 to 34 vote On 20 May. The legislation authorizes $422 billion for the Department of Defense and the national security programs of the Department of Energy.House Armed Services Committee...
- Research articles 2004-06-15
- On the cutting edge of the war on terrorism
- Third U.S. Army:The war on terror continues to place a significant burden on the U.S. military, and the Army is bearing the brunt of it. U.S. Central Command (USCENT-COM) in particular remains deeply engaged in shaping and prosecuting combat operations across its area of responsibility AOR, a geographic region of...
- Research articles 2003-10-01
- 60 years ago. (Pastimes).
- July 2942: Glad to learn that the National Academy of Sciences has formulated a War Metallurgy Committee to advise the Army, Navy and other government agencies on special metallurgical problems, and to plan and supervise definite research projects for either war materials or armaments, and hopeful...
- Research articles 2002-07-01
- DoD News Briefing -- Part 2 of 2.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-15 October 2001-US DOD: DoD News Briefing -- Part 2 of 2 C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15102001 Q: Just a point of clarification. Way back in the briefing you started to outline four areas of military confrontation. ...
- Research articles 2001-10-15
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- U.S. Army Focuses On New Body Armor
- In the past several years, the U.S. Army has developed an advanced generation of protective ballistic plates for soldiers in what it calls the "X-Sapi" (Small-Arms Protective Insert) program. But, despite buying 120,000 plates from Ceradyne and BAE Systems, it has yet to issue the gear to troops in the...
- News items 2009-12-07
- USA: PROTECTIVE APPAREL AWARDED CONTRACT FOR BODY ARMOR.
- Protective Apparel Corp., of America, Jacksboro, Tenn., was awarded on May 6, 2008, a $13,507,958.00 firm-fixed price; delivery order off GSA contract for body armor for Government of Iraq Ministry of Interior security forces.Work will be performed at Jacksboro, Tenn., and is expected to be completed...
- Research articles 2008-05-15
- Ceradyne, Inc. Announces Grand Opening of Kentucky Ceramic Armor and Automotive Ceramic Component Manufacturing Facility; Military, Government, Industrial Dignitaries to Attend Today's Event
- COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Ceradyne, Inc. Company (Nasdaq:CRDN) is hosting today the grand opening of its new 115,000-square-foot facility in Lexington, Kentucky. The plant manufactures lightweight ceramic body armor systems for our military forces and silicon nitride technical ceramic components for diesel engines.
- Research articles 2005-08-11
- Pacific Safety Products Inc. Announces Advance Notice on Canadian Government Contract Extension and U.S. Subsidiary Milestones.
- KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Jan 26, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Pacific Safety Products Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PSP) ("PSP" or "the Company") announced today several new business developments, including the advance notice of the exercise of a contract option for the Canadian Department of Public Works and Government...
- Research articles 2007-01-26
- INDUSTRY NEWS: Ceradyne Receives Armor Order.
- Ceradyne, Inc. recently announced that a government agency has ordered approximately $7 million of the company's ceramic body armor ballistic plates to protect certain elite U.S. military personnel. This order is the largest delivery order to date and is Ceradyne, Inc. recently announced that...
- Research articles 2002-12-01
- Second Chance Armor Marks 1,000 Saves
- CENTRAL LAKE, MI-Second Chance Armor Inc., a leading manufacturer of concealable body armor for the law enforcement, government and security markets, announced it has reached an unprecedented milestone in the body armor industry-its bulletresistant vests have now saved the lives of 1,000 law enforcement professionals. The milestone was reached on...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- American Defense Systems Appoints Nicole L. Prush as Director of Armor Solutions
- American Defense Systems, Inc. ADSI (AMEX: EAG), a leading provider of advanced transparent and opaque armor, architectural hardening and security products for Defense and Homeland Security, has appointed Nicole L. Prush as director of Armor Solutions. In this capacity, Prush will be responsible for the development, marketing and sale...
- Research articles 2008-11-20
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