Scott Burton
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.
Miguel Caballero Launches Kids Line Of Body Armor And Backpacks After...
Miguel Caballero Launches Junior Line Of Body Armor And Ballistic Backpacks After Sandy Hook
As the town of Newtown tries to continue on with their...
Sales Of bullet Proof Backpacks, Kids’ Body Armor By Utah Company...
Sales for bulletproof vest backpacks and child-sized body armor manufactured by a Utah company have increased 500 percent since last week’s shooting massacre at...
KDH Defense Systems To Lay Off 280 Employees
KDH Defense Systems in Eden will lay off up to 280 employees in January.
President & CEO Dave Herbener said employees were sent a notice...
Survey: Most Police Now Wear Bulletproof Vests, Due To Increase In...
Policies on body armor were catapulted into the forefront of local discussion when Cape Coral, Fla., police officer David Wagoner was shot three times...
Recall of Special Ops’ Hard Armor Plates Due to Manufacturing Defect
Special operations forces' body armor plates are undergoing a recall due to a manufacturing issue detected in a small percentage of Generation III ballistic...
Surviving An Active Shooter Incident
The Department of Homeland Security offers some tips that might help you survive a shooting rampage. A few things I got from this video:
1....
Kolon Industries of South Korea and Five Employees Charged with Stealing...
Prosecutors indicted a South Korean company and five of its employees in October 2012 for stealing the recipe for making Kevlar body armour from...
Female Body Armor Named Among Best Inventions By TIme Magazine
An innovation that will leave female soldiers safer and much more comfortable on the battlefield was named one of Time Magazine's
Best Inventions of the...
Researchers Studying Nanotube Toxicity Develop Method For Finding Them In Soils
In an effort to determine the toxicity of these materials, a group of Texas Tech researchers has successfully built a testing apparatus that can...
BodyArmorNews.com report from Eurosatory 2012 in Paris, France
Report From Eurosatory
Eurosatory 2012, the land defense and security exhibition was held at Villepinte (Paris) from June 10 to 15 2012. According to both...
Kevlar XP
What is Kevlar XP?
DuPont has developed its next generation of bullet-resistant Kevlar fiber that’s stronger and lighter than previous versions. Kevlar XP promises to...
Body Armor Sizing and Development for Female Soldiers
Accommodation of females in soft vest
and plate female body armor systems presents a unique set of design problems. Incorporating females into male-based systems may...
IKEA In Greece Chooses EnGarde
IKEA In Greece Buys EnGarde Vests
As crowds of angry people flood into the streets of Athens to protest government austerity programs, demonstrators armed with...
In‘vesting’ In Warwick’s K-9 Body Armor
Investing In Warwick’s Canine armor
To the delight of the Warwick Police Department, two Massachusetts women recently rallied to raise funds in order for WPD...
Researchers Building Police Robot, RoboCop Could Become Reality
RoboCop could become a reality as Florida International University is attempting to build a law enforcement robot that is controlled by disabled police officers....
Surviving A Shooting
The purpose of this video is to present the facts on personal body armor: what it is, what it can and cannot protect against,...
Kolon Resumes Production of Kevlar-Like Fiber Following U.S. Court Proceedings
On Sunday, textile firm Kolon announced the resumption of its Kevlar-like fiber production in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province. This move comes after a temporary halt...
KDH Gets Certification Nod For Four Innovative Ballistic Body Armor Reproductions
KDH Defense Systems recently announced the release of four National Institute of Justice-approved ballistic body armor models. KDH is a prominent producer of American...
FOP Contends IMPD Putting Its Officers At Risk With Expired Bulletproof...
The Indianapolis Metro Police Department has failed to take adequate measures to protect their officers. That’s the word from the Fraternal Order of Police.
According...
DuPont Secures Ban on Kolon’s Para-Aramid Fiber Sales
U.S. District Judge Robert Payne, presiding in Richmond, Virginia, issued a decisive ruling yesterday, prohibiting Kolon from marketing products in the United States utilizing...
