The Marine Corps recently called on defense firms to submit proposals for a new lightweight body armor plate that's about 38 percent lighter than the current plates used to protect Marines from ...

The service is planning some changes to its body armor, ballistic plates, packs, and issuing lighter helmets across the Fleet Marine Force, according to Marine Corps Systems Command. Take a look ...

When it comes to body armor, the Marine Corps should ... MARCORSYSCOM developed and fielded first the Scalable Plate Carrier and now the improved USMC Plate Carrier. Thousands of the latter ...

The Marine Corps is planning to field lighter and better fitting plate carriers and body armor, according to officials at Marine Corps Systems Command. The effort is a joint collaboration with the ...

A Marine Corps Plate Carrier Generation III prototype The new plate carrier is intended for use in conjunction with new lightweight body armor plates that, as Marine Corps Times previously ...

U.S. Army engineers have shrunk the weight of a Enhanced Small Arms Protective Insert plate ... name them. Army leaders acknowledged that they've received repeated attempts to lighten body armor.

A law hastily enacted by state lawmakers after the attack restricts sales of vests defined as "bullet-resistant soft body armor ... in law enforcement and the military, plus people in certain ...