SpecOps forces are testing a combat armor designed to cover more of an operator's body than previous protective gear.
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The search area known as Arrowhead Ridge, or Hill 281, was the site of fierce battles.
The Army is close to approving a lightweight body armor plate with a "shooter's cut" to provide greater mobility in combat.
The Army's multi-component Soldier Protection System body armor features hard-armor plates designed to stop rifle rounds.
The new plates will be fielded in addition to the enhanced small arms protective insert (ESAPI) plates now in use.
The Marine Corps awarded a $59.4 million contract to make the armor inserts for the service's new plate carrier.
Army officials want to make soldiers' body armor up to 30 percent lighter.
Commanders could soon give Marines the OK to wear body armor that weighs up to 40 percent less than their current plates.
The document draws on reports that have estimated soldiers carried an average of 119 pounds apiece in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Magpul's Nylon-polymer PC Backpacker Stock allows the barrel assembly to stow in a cutout on the bottom of the buttstock.
The headquarters unit of the Army's 10th Mountain Division is headed to Afghanistan in the spring.
The new 240 FVS Machine Gun Suppressor is designed to drastically exceed special-operations forces' performance requirements.
The Navy's acting secretary is breaking with tradition to name a powerful aircraft carrier in his honor.
A CMV-22B Osprey conducted its first flight operation at Bell's Amarillo Assembly Center in Texas.
