The Naval Aircrew Systems Program Office aircrew survival vest team is collecting data from ongoing fleet assessments to evaluate a new rotary wing and tilt rotor aircrew survival vest system that ...

The use of load-bearing vests is migrating from troops to cops as more law enforcement agencies look to curb how much weight an officer or sheriff has to carry around his or her waist. Over the ...

Police say patrol officers carry 20-25 pounds of gear when on the job, and two years ago, the department switched from their traditional utility belts to load bearing vests. “The belts added a ...

The Improved Load Bearing Equipment (ILBE ... and greater integration with the Outer Tactical Vest, Modular Tactical Vest, and Scalable Plate Carrier.

Often plagued by chronic back and hip pain that comes with carrying heavy duty belts, Orange County deputies could someday suit up with an alternative way of holding their equipment: load-bearing ...

It will require all officers on patrol shifts to wear the vests by April 2021. The new MOLLE (Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment), or load-bearing vest, will allow officers to carry ...

Hueytown police are switching from utility belts to load-bearing vests, one of the first departments in Alabama to do so. HUEYTOWN, Alabama - The Hueytown Police Department is fashion - and ...

Deputies have begun wearing new load-bearing vests that replace their previous bulletproof vests and their utility belts. Approximately half of the deputies in the county have received their vests ...

The Queensland Police Service tonight confirmed 17 integrated load bearing vests were in transit from a Melbourne vendor to the police service but had not arrived at the delivery address.