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 ...

May 21, 2007 — -- The Army held an unusual briefing Monday to aggressively challenge an NBC News report that questioned the effectiveness of the Interceptor body armor currently worn by U.S ...

BAUMHOLDER, Germany (Army News Service, Jan. 25, 2008) -- For as long as the Army has used Interceptor Body Armor, Soldiers have complained that it is too heavy, too hot and too cumbersome.

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 ...

After a few soldiers started wearing Dragon Skin body armor, the much-hyped alternative to the standard Interceptor defenses, the Army banned the flexible armor -- and allegedly threatened to cut ...

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.

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 ...

A report issued in April 2005 said: GAO: Temporary shortages of the Interceptor body armor occurred because of acquisition delays related to lack of key materials and distribution problems in theater.

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 addition of silicon to boron carbide armor reduces the phase transformation by some 30 percent. Boron Carbide was used in the U.S. Army’s Interceptor Body Armor in the 2000s and early 2010s.