A bullet hits traditional Kevlar (L) and the new liquid armour (R). In the tests, scientists used a large gas gun to fire ball bearing-shaped metal bullets at over 300 metres per second into two test ...

U.S. Armed Forces’ K-9 units are sporting custom-made kevlar armor to protect from small arms fire and stab wounds, according to DefenseTech. While the armor’s $1,000 price tag may sound ...

The makers say it could be safer than traditional body armour such as KEVLAR. News. Olivia Solon. 15:11, 06 Apr 2015 Updated 15:12, 06 Apr 2015.

The technology can be integrated into standard Kevlar body armour to offer increased movement and reduce the overall thickness by up to 45 per cent.

In 2010, Britain's BAE Systems announced a new, lighter bulletproof material that combines Kevlar and shear-thickening fluid, which also shows promise beyond the battlefield as a potential ...

The latest, developed by Poland’s Military Institute of Armament Technology in Warsaw, is a new non-Newtonian Shear Thickening Fluid, and it might replace Kevlar in body armor of the future.

3D-printed armour combines flexibility and protection and could be used by soldiers and astronauts. U.S. ... The current body armour used by the U.S. military is primarily made of Kevlar, ...

While Mr Copinger-Symes says the Kevlar body armour is "not particularly uncomfortable", it has drawbacks. "Obviously when worn in hot climates it is not pleasant," he explains.

The group hopes to eventually develop a full suit of fish-scale body armour for the US military that could replace the heavy Kevlar armour currently used, but Varshney says this is still some way off.

Prosecutors indicted a South Korean company and five of its employees on Thursday for stealing the recipe for making Kevlar body armour from the DuPont Co. Oct. 18, 2012. Oct. 18, 2012.