They are helping to develop new blast-resistant materials for structures and for body armor.
Their suggestions will then help finalize the body armor that deploys more broadly by next summer.
The timing on the U.S. Army's plan for next generation body armor, he suggests, is uncertain.
The conglomerate makes a wide variety of products, from body armor to a whitening pigment called titanium dioxide.
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But the Army plans to change that poor-fitting scenario by field-testing new female body armor starting next summer.
The military is using sensors on vehicles and body armor that can detect environmental changes and head trauma.
The federal law applied to any body armor that itself had traveled across state lines during its distribution phase.
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The Obama administration has been considering providing non-lethal military equipment, including night vision goggles, body armor and military training.
Female soldiers in the U.S. Army have spent years fighting on modern battlefields with body armor designed for men.
They are being obliged not to wear protective eyewear and body armor, at risk literally to life and limb.
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You don't send troops to war without the body armor that they need.
Dressed in body armor and a helmet one morning, Mr. Stock says he had never considered joining the military himself.
Saadat said the range of products is huge, from desk chairs and laptop computers to attack dogs and body armor.
The fear was apparent Thursday in downtown Los Angeles, as police wearing body armor patrolled outside their own iconic headquarters.
Two zombies at once is tough, especially if one of them is an ex-cop with body armor or spews poison.
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That led the Army's Program Executive Office (PEO) to begin making female body armor prototypes based on sizing and fitting tests.
His sunglasses are his shield, his thick white lotion a kind of futuristic body armor that lets him imagine he is invisible.
Batman, for example, morphed from the diminutive figure portrayed by Adam West into a hulking warrior donning chiseled body armor.
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Everyone settled into the couches, while Bill and I removed our body armor, piling it next to the door along with our carbines.
But Arment has a "sell" rating on the stock, given his concerns that 2006 will prove a peak in orders for body armor.
One was struck in the wrist by bullet fragments and in his chest -- which was protected by body armor -- by a bullet.
Noble has developed technology that can turn metal into a kind of body armor that, unlike bulky sports outfits of yesteryear, feels like silk.
Cedrick Alderman was indicted for possessing illegal body armor in 2005 after Washington police stopped him on suspicion of possessing cocaine, but found none.
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It's a bit of a tall order, but if you're in such situations and body armor simply won't do, we'd take this over nothing.
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The Pentagon says a shortage of body armor last year has been corrected, and that all soldiers in Iraq now have the protective gear.
You'll dodge rockets in industrial moon colonies, score head shots on sandy alien beaches, and even hunt down hard-to-find body armor in an underwater super-structure.
The crews who sail them talk openly about the danger and hard hats, body armor and personal air bottles are all part of their sailing gear.
Before leaving for a conflict region, all CNN staff members go through pretty rigorous training and are equipped with personal medical packs, body armor, helmets, etc.
The female body armor also has a shorter bottom for a better fit, since the average torso length of women is shorter than that of men.
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