What do bra fitting and body armor testing have in common? Andrea Porter's dissertation. When Porter took a sabbatical from her career to earn her Ph.D. in multidisciplinary engineering, she never ...

For the first time in her career, Army Maj. Melissa Elledge can stand up and feel her legs after sitting for an hour while wearing body armor. At 5 feet, 3 inches tall and 120 pounds, Elledge's body ...

Research and field experience show most body armor is still built around male body types, leaving female officers with reduced protection, restricted mobility and heightened injury risk. Existing body ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Military May Be Required to Report on Injuries Caused by Ill-Fitting Body Armor With the passage of the sprawling fiscal 2021 ...

July 8 (UPI) --Female defenders at the 55th Security Forces Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base received the first batch of new body armor for female defenders, the Air Force announced on Thursday. The ...

Choosing the right concealable body armor in 2026 can feel overwhelming with so many ballistic vest options available online.

Dr. Daniel Mountjoy (left), Christine Villa, and Maj. Saily Rodriguez, with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Human Systems Division, perform an inspection on new body armor units designed ...

Maj. Melissa Elledge deployed to combat zones twice in earlier versions of body armor designed for a male-centric Army, so she's deeply familiar with their failings for women. The bad fit created ...

Dr. Daniel Mountjoy (left), Christine Villa, and Maj. Saily Rodriguez, with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Human Systems Division, perform an inspection on new body armor units designed ...