Pete
12-07-2009, 04:56
U.S. Army Focuses On New Body Armor
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=dti&id=news/ARMOR120409.xml&headline=U.S.%20Army%20Focuses%20On%20New%20Body%2 0Armor
"In the past several years, the U.S. Army has developed an advanced generation of protective ballistic plates for soldiers in what it calls the “X-Sapi” (Small-Arms Protective Insert) program. But, despite buying 120,000 plates from Ceradyne and BAE Systems, it has yet to issue the gear to troops in the field—and it may not ever do so..............."
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=dti&id=news/ARMOR120409.xml&headline=U.S.%20Army%20Focuses%20On%20New%20Body%2 0Armor
"In the past several years, the U.S. Army has developed an advanced generation of protective ballistic plates for soldiers in what it calls the “X-Sapi” (Small-Arms Protective Insert) program. But, despite buying 120,000 plates from Ceradyne and BAE Systems, it has yet to issue the gear to troops in the field—and it may not ever do so..............."