For years, female officers and security professionals have faced a frustrating reality: body armor designed primarily around male anatomy often creates gaps, pressure points, and restricted movement.

The Defence Procurement Agency of Ukraine's Ministry of Defence has for the first time purchased 2,000 women's modular body armour vests for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Previously, female ...

The purpose of this overview is to provide a broad introduction to the nature of ceramic body armor plates and helmets as used by many U.S. servicemen and women; the medical basis for determining the ...

This chapter discusses the foundational basis for the current body armor testing methodologies as practiced by military and law enforcement agencies. In the 1970s developments in fiber technology and ...