Body armor is always being improved. When I first joined the Army, I was issued a FLAK vest. Then when I deployed to Afghanistan, I received the Interceptor Body Armor vest.

The Pinnacle armor was subjected to the same tests Interceptor body armor goes through, first being X-rayed and analyzed and then undergoing a series of live-fire tests, Brown said.

The pads’ maker, Point Blank Body Armor Inc., which also is the sole producer of the Interceptor vests, is under contract to produce 132,000 sets of pads by June 2007, Moran said.

We are performing a series of Interceptor Body Armor audits in response to a congressional request. This audit covered six contracts valued at $434 million awarded to Point Blank Body Armor, Inc ...

An explosion outside a tank is one thing. But body armor? To stop armor-piercing bullets, you need something like ceramic inserts in Interceptor body armor.

April 5, 2007: The U.S. Army is introducing new body army, the Modular Tactical Vests (MTV), this year. This will replace the 1990s era Interceptor body armor. The MTV, true to its name, provides many ...

The latest in Interceptor Body Armor, the Improved Outer Tactical Vest or IOTV is also being fielded rapidly to Soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq on a one-for-one exchange.

January 25, 2008: Last year, the U.S. Army introduced new body army, the Modular Tactical Vests (MTV) [PHOTO], this year. This replaced the 1990s era Interceptor body armor. The MTV, true to its name, ...

With that in mind, the title of the report—”Ballistic Testing for Interceptor Body Armor Inserts Needs Improvement”—is a pretty serious understatement.

Fairview Park Police Chief Erich Upperman recently announced his department received a $5,187 Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation grant toward the purchase of police body armor.

The new Deltoid and Axillary Protectors, designed to be attached to the Interceptor body armor, cover the upper arm and armpit. The Army plans to send 50,000 sets of the pads to Iraq in late ...