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16 paź 2024 · The Army has fielded 80,000 Modular Scalable Vests, or MSVs, in recent years and expects to continue fielding this new body armor through mid-fiscal 2028, officials said.
26 lip 2021 · A recent breakthrough by Army-funded researchers may lead to a new material that could yield lightweight body armor, blast shields and more for future soldiers.
1 lut 2019 · The science of body armour materials is quickly reviewed with emphasis upon current understanding of relevant energy-absorbing mechanisms in fibres, fabrics, polymeric laminates and ceramics.
5 gru 2023 · Last week the National Institute of Justice released NIJ Standard 0101.07, the standard for testing and categorizing ballistic body armor. The primary purpose of the standard is for use by the NIJ Compliance Testing Program (CTP) for testing, evaluation, and certification of ballistic-resistant body armor. It is also used by ballistic testing ...
1 cze 2019 · This new standard will include guidance for testing of female body armour, and a radical step change in the range of small arms ammunition used to test future systems, as well as a significant relaxation of critical blunt trauma measurements.
The Modular Scalable Vest (MSV) is a bullet-resistant vest that has been introduced by the United States Armed Forces in 2018. The Modular Scalable Vest is replacing all other body armor systems in use, including the OTV (outer tactical vest) , IOTV (improved outer tactical vest) and SPCS (soldier plate carrier system) . [ 1 ]
31 lip 2021 · A recent breakthrough by Army-funded researchers may lead to a new material that could yield lightweight body armor, blast shields and more for future soldiers.