Pinnacle, based in Fresno, Calif., is the manufacturer of Dragon Skin SOV3000 body armor, which Brown said failed "catastrophically" when it was tested by HB White Labs in Street, Md., one of two ...

Interceptor Body Armor is a modular system that features an outer tactical vest with hard protective plates. Spc. Gregory T. Miller, 101st Airborne Division, told Congress at a hearing last month ...

The Army insists the body armor troops are now wearing — called Interceptor — is the very best in the world. And, without question, those vests have saved lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Thus, on the morning of Nov. 4, Stovall became the latest in a long line of soldiers serving in Iraq to be saved by the U.S. military's new Interceptor body armor. This high-tech "system" -- the ...

NORTHAM: The Army-issued body armor system is called the Interceptor, which is designed by the military. The most popular brand the soldiers have been buying is called the Dragon Skin, which is ...

As U.S. casualties have mounted in Iraq so too has criticism of the body armor supplied to soldiers and Marines. It's called interceptor body armor and its design has been modified five times ...

However, he went back on patrol after his interceptor body armor was replaced. Maunakea formally presented Morrissey with the body armor on Sept. 18. "This is where it all culminates," Maunakea said.

A. There may be Soldiers deployed in OIF/OEF who are wearing a commercial body armor called "Dragon Skin," made by Pinnacle Armor, in lieu of their issued Interceptor Body Armor (IBA). Media ...

It refers specifically to Pinnacle’s armor, saying that while the company advertising implies that Dragon Skin “is superior in performance” to the Interceptor Body Armor the military issues ...

Point Blank Solutions, Inc – the guys who make the military's Interceptor body armor – "has entered a marketing agreement with G2 Consulting to market a line of electroshock weapon protection ...

Body armor is always being improved. When I first joined the Army, I was issued a FLAK vest. Then when I deployed to Afghanistan, I received the Interceptor Body Armor vest. Neither was ...

The congressionally requested audits found that preliminary testing, called First Article Testing (FAT), was not part of 13 of 28 Interceptor Body Armor (IBA) contracts. The contractors’ ...