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DuPont Kevlar XP: Next-Gen, Lightweight Aramid Ballistic Fiber for Body Armor

Written on 23 Jun, 2008 at 13:41 in Body Armor | viewed 1,603 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com 15% less backface deformation signature (BDS), and thus reduced impact trauma a.k.a. blunt force trauma, with 10% reduction in overall (OA) weight, all in a 100% Kevlar, i.e. woven, high-strength ballistic aramid fiber, solution–this... (Continue reading)

Army Acquisition Capos Fraudulently Alter Body Armor Test Results

Written on 23 Jun, 2008 at 13:36 in Body Armor | viewed 1,073 views times | Comments

By Roger Charles, DefenseWatch June 12, 2008 Thanks to an Air Force debarment action against Pinnacle Armor, manufacturer of Dragon Skin body armor, documents have been obtained, and witnesses deposed that provide hard evidence that the Army Acquisition capos fraudulently altered test reports to reflect... (Continue reading)

5.56 Optimized/Brown-Tip Ammo: Enhanced Terminal Ballistics for SpecOps SBRs

Written on 23 May, 2008 at 13:21 in Ammunition, Featured, In The News, Rifles And Carbines, Special Operations | viewed 2,005 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev at gmail.com May 14, 2008 Modified on 5/15/08 — Some information has been redacted/removed from this article by the author/editor (David Crane) for OPSEC. Updated again on 9/11/09 with originally-provided bullet and manufacturer info redacted on 5/15/08. A number of months... (Continue reading)

KSEE 24 News Video Story on Attempted Sale of Dragon Skin Body Armor on eBay

Written on 22 Feb, 2008 at 16:45 in Body Armor | viewed 1,052 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail dot com "Central Valley News Station" KSEE 24 News has a video report on the federal investigation that is now underway due to the attempt to sell Pinnacle Armor Dragon Skin body armor on eBay by... (Continue reading)

Mystery: Attempt(s) to Sell Level IV Dragon Skin Body Armor on eBay

Written on 22 Feb, 2008 at 16:43 in Body Armor | viewed 2,881 views times | Comments

By Roger Charles 02-14-2008 While investigating offers on eBay for the sale of two Dragon Skin body armor vests, DefenseWatch discovered that a congressional staffer had confirmed that there is a DOJ IBA Task Force investigating the Army’s body armor procurement... (Continue reading)

Pinnacle Armor Files Federal Lawsuit Against DOJ and NIJ: The Plot Thickens…

Written on 22 Nov, 2007 at 13:45 in Body Armor | viewed 1,681 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail.com DefenseReview readers are well aware that we’ve been following the Pinnacle Armor Dragon Skin body armor vs. U.S. Army Interceptor Body Armor Program for quite some time, now. As you also know, the Pinnacle Armor... (Continue reading)

Future Body Armor: Is Nanotech Ballistic Fiber the Next Step in Soft Body Armor?

Written on 22 Nov, 2007 at 13:19 in Body Armor | viewed 2,221 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail.com November 8, 2007 If DefenseReview is to believe what it’s been reading over the last few weeks in the "mainstream press", body armor and other types of ballistic armor (vehicle armor and bomb-resistant panels, for instance)... (Continue reading)

U.S. Army Stops Independent Testing of Interceptor Body Armor (UPDATE 1)

Written on 22 Oct, 2007 at 12:02 in Body Armor | viewed 763 views times | Comments

By Roger Charles DefenseWatch 10-17-2007 UPDATE to following article: Two congressional sources report that the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (on the staff of the Secretary of Defense) caught the Army’s attempted exemption of current Interceptor vendors from independent testing, as allowed... (Continue reading)

Why the U.S. Army Acquisition Mafia Fears Side-By-Side Body Armor Testing

Written on 21 Oct, 2007 at 18:31 in Body Armor | viewed 576 views times | Comments

by Roger Charles DefenseWatch October 15, 2007 When NBC News had a German lab conduct side-by-side, comparative tests of Pinnacle Armor’s Dragon Skin and the Army’s Interceptor Body Armor System on May 3 earlier this year, the real surprise was how well the... (Continue reading)

Armor-Piercing Grenades: Latest Al Qaeda Threat in Iraq?

Written on 21 Sep, 2007 at 17:53 in Combat Grenades | viewed 605 views times | Comments

by David Crane defrev at gmail.com As if mines/IEDs, EFPs and RPGs aren’t enough, now there’s armor-piercing grenades a.k.a. armor-penetrating grenades. According to a recent CBS News article, this is the latest lethal threat (explosives threat) to U.S. troops in Iraq.... (Continue reading)

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