The U.S. Army is close to approving a new lightweight body armor plate with a "shooter's cut" to provide close-combat forces with greater mobility in combat. Program Executive Office Soldier officials ...

Polyethylene is the most commonly used plastic in the world. UHMWPE is a subset of polyethylene that has the strength to weight ratio 8-15 times greater than steel. The new PE, UHMWPE body armor ...

Point Blank Enterprises has won a potential five-year, $215.9M contract to deliver 680,706 lightweight body armor plates to the U.S. Marine Corps. Marine Corps ...

Austin, TX, USA, Jan. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Custom Market Insights has published a new research report titled “Body Armor Plates Market Size, Trends and Insights By Material Type (Aramid Fibers ...

Selecting good body armor plates is one hell of a business. And you’ve got to learn it quickly now if you don’t want to find out the hard way that your armor plate sucks. So, how do you select a body ...