FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Army News Service, Oct. 15, 2009) -- The Army is poised to introduce a plate-carrier vest to provide Soldiers more lightweight gear in the challenging operational environments ...

Plate carriers have special sockets that are used to carry ballistic plates These types of vests were developed in the 18th and 19th centuries and slowly started gaining recognition all around the ...

The Marine Corps is planning to field lighter and better fitting plate carriers and body armor, according to officials at Marine Corps Systems Command. The effort is a joint collaboration with the ...

LAS VEGAS -- A new fabric by designer Honeywell aims to eliminate stitching and extra fabric on plate carriers for body armor, reducing the weight of the vest itself by 35 to 40 percent.

After years in the making, the Marine Corps has finally started fielding the next-generation Plate Carrier Generation III body armor to lighten the load for grunts in the field ...

The Oct. 30 contract, awarded by Marine Corps System Command, requires Armor Express to produce 1,322,654 soft armor inserts for the Plate Carrier Generation III, according to Barb Hamby, a ...