With the passage of the sprawling fiscal 2021 defense policy and budget bill all but inevitable, one U.S. senator is looking forward to a new measure that will require the military to provide properly ...

The Senate is pushing for the Pentagon to provide better combat equipment for female troops through a bipartisan effort known as the Female Body Armor Modernization Act. HERE'S WHO BIDEN COULD PICK TO ...

Fielding better-fitting body armor for female and small-statured service members has long been on the Defense Department’s to-do list. Three years ago, female veterans in Congress introduced a bill to ...

The US military is developing “Xena: Warrior Princess”-style body armor for women that it hopes will give them greater protection on the battlefield, with more curves in the chest and hips. It is a ...

Senior Airman Kiah Cook, 377th Security Forces Group defender, wears the new female body armor on Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Feb. 4. (Airman 1st Class Ireland Summers/Air Force) New body ...

Women have been serving in the Air Force Security Forces since 1976, but it’s taken 45 years for the service to finally provide them with body armor that actually fits. At long last, female airmen ...

Female soldiers in the U.S. Army have spent years fighting on modern battlefields with body armor designed for men. But the Army plans to change that poor-fitting scenario by field-testing new female ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) -- Being a law enforcement officer can be dangerous, but what if you are hurt by something meant to help you? Zack Spencer showed us his latest creation -- body armor for women -- ...

The ICE Retro Fit Kit panels from BODY ARMOR VENT feature patent-pending evaporation and ventilation EVAP Technology. Increase the surface area exposed to evaporative airflow. Above all, the ...