Army equipment officials plan to begin ... said the MSV was noticeably lighter than their current body armor. "Compared to my IOTV, this vest is lighter and cooler, has a greater range of motion ...

Oct. 18. (Staff Sgt. Lance Pounds/Army) Soldiers will get new body armor for the first time in a decade, starting this summer. The Modular Scalable Vest will replace the Improved Outer Tactical ...

The Army's top gear-buying office announced this week it has begun fielding an updated version of the Improved Outer Tactical Vest to Soldiers deploying to Afghanistan. The Gen. II IOTV ...

and 10th Chemical Hazardous Response Company participated in the final round of field-testing for the Army's new body armor, the Modular Scalable Vest, known as MSV, during a weeklong series of ...

Their efforts are now culminating in the first deliveries of more than 148,000 Generation III Improved Outer Tactical Vest, or Gen III IOTV, body armor conversion ... and the Army acquired 1.7 ...

The Modular Scalable Vest version II (DoD photo ... all part of the Army efforts reconcile a need for improved body armor load weights with efforts to reduce traumatic brain injuries.

The new vest eliminates gaps between the material ... Based on comments from 19 female soldiers wearing the new body armor, the Army will continue to make adjustments before going into large ...

News report suggested body armor worn by troops in Iraq is sub-par. May 21, 2007 — -- The Army held an unusual ... how bullets had penetrated the vest's ceramic discs. Pieces of ragged ...

The Army insists the body armor troops are now wearing — called Interceptor — is the very best in the world. And, without question, those vests have saved lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In addition, the ability to add and subtract different elements and plate inserts in the vest, is a real "highlight," Brown said. .In addition to TEP, the Army is developing new body armor plates ...

The new vest eliminates gaps between the material ... Based on comments from 19 female soldiers wearing the new body armor, the Army will continue to make adjustments before going into large ...

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. The vest’s scalable ...