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Scott Burton is the founder and chief editor of the BodyArmorNews.com website. In 2005 his keen interest in the body amor industry motivated Scott to create a platform where he could share and publish body armor related articles.

Body Armour Shortage Leaves Queensland Police In Danger

Police stations across Queensland are without their supply of body armour, after organisers of the Brisbane G20 summit realised they were hundreds of sets...

Proposed Bill Limits Sale Of Body Armor To Private Citizens

OKLAHOMA CITY - A local company's sales have skyrocketed in recent months. It's all because of a bill introduced by a Representative from California....
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TenCate acquires Smart Body Armor technology from Newport Sensors

TenCate Advanced Armor USA has bought the Smart Body Armor sensor technology from Newport Sensors, an industry leader in sensor technology innovation. It is a...
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The Safariland Group Wins $6,000,000 Body Armor Contract for the State...

The Safariland Group announced today that it has been awarded a $6,000,000 two-year contract from the State of California for its Second Chance(R) body...
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Another Big Year For GPEC 2014

Any way you measure it, 2014 was another great year for the General Police Equipment Exhibition & Conference or GPEC, held in Leipzig, Germany, on...

Study: Are Baton Rouge police ‘melting’ in their body armor?

Wearing a body armor vest, a bicycle helmet and other police gear, Baton Rouge Police Cpl. Todd Webb stood straight-faced Thursday afternoon as he...
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Oxide armour offers Kevlar better stab resistance

Scientists in the US have synthesised an ultrathin inorganic bilayer coating for Kevlar that could improve its stab resistance by 30% and prove invaluable...

Russia Develops Body Armor Against Bullets With Displaced Gravity Center

September 11 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian Kamenskvolokno joint-stock company (JSC), located in the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in the north of Rostov region, has...

Government Trinidad And Tobago Spends $7.5m on Body Armor

With the possibility of another prison shutdown looming, Government yesterday announced plans to implement the recommendations of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s Special Prison Committee. In...
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Tensylon Body Armor Products Offer Ballistic Protection To Battlefield and Other...

A Union County textile manufacturing company creates a high performance tape that’s tough enough to protect soldiers in the battlefield and placid enough to...
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Dyneema® Will Be Used By Republic Of Korea Army For Multi-Purpose...

South Korea, 5 Aug 2014 - DSM Dyneema, the inventor and manufacturer of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMwPE) fiber, branded as Dyneema®, and...

HighCom Security First Company in the World to Achieve BA 9000...

HighCom Security, Inc., a leader in the design, development, and manufacturing of USA made hard body armor and related personal protective solutions, today announced...

Vegas-area firefighters getting body armor

Clark County firefighters are receiving hundreds of sets of body armor so they can treat victims even before police stop an active shooter. A grant...
Spectra Shield

Honeywell’s Spectra Shield® Ballistic Material to Provide Ballistic Protection for Next-Generation...

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., July 15, 2014 – Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that its Spectra Shield® ballistic material is being used as a critical...
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Burlington Police Department To Purchase Body Armor From Seized Drug Assets

Burlington Law Enforcement To Buy Body Armor From Seized Drug Assets The Burlington Police Department, three years after its involvement in a large-scale drug search...
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Utah Law Enforcement Must Wear Expired Bulletproof Vest For Protection

When an officer is fired upon, their first line of protection is their bulletproof vest. Sadly, many of the law enforcement agencies in Utah...
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Military Police To Provide Feedback On New Bulletproof Vests

Military Police To Provide Feedback On New Ballistic Vests The Army recently tested its new bulletproof vests with the help of more than 20 Ford...

US Sending Body Armor to Ukraine

The US has sent the Ukrainian military 2,000 sets of body armor slated to arrive Wednesday, according to a Derek Chollet, assistant secretary of...

Eurosatory 2014 Showcases Security Products From Around The World

Eurosatory 2014 Displays Security Products Eurosatory, The 2014 Land and Air-land Defence and Security Exhibition, is one of Europe’s premiere exhibitions of military, defense and...

RCMP defend against complaints force not properly equipped with guns, hard...

The RCMP rebuffed criticism Wednesday that it has failed to properly equip and train its officers, two weeks after three of its members were...

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