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Defense Update Issue 2, 2007	Infantry's Survival Gear New trends in infantry gear: The myriad of threats in today's battlefields requires a holistic approach to personal protection.
National Defense March 2015 Valerie Insinna	New Body Armor to Lighten Soldier Load Fielding body armor that is both protective and light has long been a challenge for the Army, but a new material that can reduce the weight of products by 30 percent is making its way into protective gear.
Defense Update Issue 3, 2007	Vehicle Armoring - MRAP and Beyond If approved by congress, the Pentagon's Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) program will obtain 2,650 new armored vehicles, making it the third-largest acquisition program in the U.S.
National Defense February 2011 Eric Beidel	Army Looks Ahead To Next Generation Of Body Armor And Helmets The Army is investigating ways to make its forces more agile in their protective gear by reducing the weight of its systems and looking at the grains, powders and other ingredients used in body armor at the microscopic level.
National Defense February 2011 Stew Magnuson	Manufacturers Answer Military's Call to Reduce Body Armor Weight For nearly a decade, the Army and Marine Corps have needed to subtract pounds from the equipment they must carry into the field. Two major suppliers of the materials used in body armor and helmets have come forward with new products that they say will address the problem.
National Defense February 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Truck Armor Kits Could Be Improved, Says Army Tester The dramatic surge in the number and intensity of attacks against U.S. military vehicles in Iraq has prompted a rethinking of the Army's approach to armoring trucks, officials said.
National Defense August 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Humvee Armor Suppliers Working Around the Clock The now familiar sight of Humvees struck by mines and roadside bombs in Iraq are driving the industry to pursue short-term fixes and long-range changes in the way they produce vehicles.
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Shields of Steel The increase in attacks targeting U.S. troops in Iraq prompted the Army to equip trucks with protective armor.
National Defense February 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Search Continues for Lighter Alternatives to Steel Armor The Army may have a tough time becoming a lighter and faster force as long as tons of heavy steel plates continue to bear down on its patrol and combat vehicles.
National Defense December 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Survival in Combat Zones Requires 'Layers' of Protection Army laboratories have for decades been pushing the limits of combat survivability technology, but the pressure to produce results rose when the service launched the Future Combat Systems in 1999, a program to develop a family of high-tech vehicles by 2012.
National Defense August 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Protection of Army Trucks Requires Tradeoffs Military truck makers are grappling with how build relatively uncomplicated vehicles that can sustain the rigors of combat and, when needed, effortlessly be plated with thousands of pounds of armor.
National Defense January 2013 Dan Parsons	Vendors Pour Funding Into Armored Vehicle Development Vehicle manufacturers are gearing up for several parallel armored vehicle programs and, without any guarantee of a contract, are pouring money into working prototypes so that when the time comes, they can offer an "off-the-shelf" design.
National Defense October 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Has Few Options to Lessen Weight of Body Armor The Army is considering buying a lighter and comfier vest that would lower armor weight to about 16.5 pounds but would reduce the area of coverage from 885 to 231 square inches.
National Defense August 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Office of Naval Research Turns Attention to 'Irregular' Warfare Non-traditional "irregular" war continues to expose equipment gaps that could take several more years to fill.
National Defense July 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Predicts Long Life for Humvees Humvees will vastly outnumber MRAPs for the foreseeable future, at least if the Army has any say in it.
National Defense May 2010 Grace V. Jean	Improvements to Discontinued Army Humvees May Last Another 20 Years Humvees are rarely used these days because of their vulnerability to roadside bombs. Army and Marine Corp officials plan to upgrade the humvee fleet to put it back in service.
National Defense January 2011 Grace V. Jean	Army's Ground Combat Vehicle Stirs Confusion In Industry The Army plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next several years on the design of a new "infantry fighting vehicle." With new big-ticket military programs becoming increasingly scarce, this would normally qualify as great news for contractors.
National Defense June 2012 Dan Parsons	Vehicles Strut Their Stuff in Desert Trials The evaluation of non-developmental vehicles is part of a larger analysis of alternatives mandated by the Defense Department to ferret out available commercial technologies that might fit the bill for variants of the Ground Combat Vehicle.
National Defense August 2004 Mike Cast	Truck Armor Testing at Aberdeen Saving Soldiers in Combat Zones Before new vehicle armor systems are deployed to soldiers in the field, they must first graduate from the Army's test center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
Defense Update Issue 3, 2004	Lightweight Armor Protection for Combat Vehicles This article covers the modern technologies and application of ceramic and composite armor for vehicle protection.
National Defense October 2005 Harold Kennedy	Amid Bursting Bombs, Services Seek Better Body Armor As roadside bombs take an increasingly costly toll among U.S. and coalition troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the military services are struggling to provide more effective body armor for deployed forces.
National Defense July 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell	Army Meets Tough Procurement Challenge Head-On Shortages of armored vehicles, particularly, commanded considerable attention because they highlighted the challenges of predicting equipment requirements and ensuring the readiness of the industrial base. The response to the steep increase in demand for armored vehicles in fact has been a remarkable success story.
Scientific American May 15, 2006 Steven Ashley	Enhanced Armor New materials are being developed to to fend off evolving battlefield threats.
BusinessWeek August 7, 2006 Michael Arndt	Body Armor Fit For A Superhero New, high-tech "liquid" gear could keep troops, police, and prison guards safer.
Defense Update Issue 3, 2004	Vehicle Protection Concepts The up-armored Humvees and protected patrol vehicle are offering better protection against guerilla attacks.
National Defense April 2011 Eric Beidel	Challenges Remain as JLTV Competition Heats Up More than any other program, the Army and Marine Corps' effort to create a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle epitomizes the challenges the military faces with its trucks.
National Defense June 2007 Stew Magnuson	Future Combat Vehicles Will Fall Short of Preferred Weight Officials working on the Army modernization program admitted that they will not reach the preferred weight for the FCS family of combat vehicles.
National Defense August 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Researchers, Manufacturers Search for Better Body Armor Demands for body armor improvements are driving the defense industry to create near- and far-term solutions to provide lightweight, reliable protection from a variety of ballistic threats.
National Defense March 2011 Grace V. Jean	Double V-Hulls, Chimneys Seen As Viable Alternatives to Armor To counter deadlier threats in Afghanistan and newer ones that may turn up, military commanders are scrambling to find technologies that will improve vehicle survivability.
National Defense April 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Truck Crews Get Crash Course in Survival To make up for the shortage of armor, the Army intends to protect truck convoys from roadside bombs, mines and small-arms attacks by deploying more firepower aboard vehicles, along with other defensive techniques.
National Defense February 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Stronger-Than-Steel Light Combat Trucks Still a Pipedream The JLTV program, intended for both the Army and the Marine Corps, is becoming a test case for how far military and industry engineers can push the boundaries of armor technology as they seek a truck to replace the Humvee later this decade.
Defense Update Issue 3, 2004	Up-Armored HUVMEE The Humvee became a prime target for attacks on US forces. Much has been done to improve the protection of this vehicle, and more is planned.
National Defense August 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Bomb Attacks Test U.S. Technological Ingenuity The Army is testing small robots -- remote-controlled toy cars, actually -- to help soldiers search for hidden explosives along Iraq's roads. These "Marcbots," from Exponent Inc., are much improved over earlier versions.
National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's Next Combat Vehicle: New Beginning or FCS Sequel? The Army is racing toward a September deadline to present a convincing case to the secretary of defense that it should receive funds to begin designing a new combat vehicle next year.
National Defense February 2007 Harold Kennedy	Army, Marines to Acquire 50,000 New Trucks to Replace Humvees A fistful of defense companies will be vying to win a contract to develop a replacement for the humvee -- the Army and Marine Corps' light, all-terrain truck.
National Defense October 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Soldiers' Backpacks Not Likely to Get Any Lighter While most military gear has become lighter over the years, essentials such as food, water, and ammunition still weight soldiers down.
Parameters November 2004 Scott Boston	Toward a Protected Future Force The US Army plans to introduce its next-generation ground force quickly, starting with an experimental battalion by the end of the decade and a full brigade--called a Unit of Action--in 2014.
National Defense April 2013 Dan Parsons	Sports Technology Sparks Tactical Innovation D3O Aero, a British impact-protection engineering company, has become the leader in motorcycle protective wear. Now the material is being co-opted by the defense industry in everything from body armor to vehicle doors and better blast-resistant seats.
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Struggles With Weight Of Future Combat Systems Only weeks before a crucial Pentagon review, officials overseeing the Army's Future Combat Systems continue to search for ways to lower the weight of new vehicle designs. A key requirement in FCS is that all vehicles be transportable by C-130 cargo aircraft.
National Defense April 2008 Grace V. Jean	Move over MRAP: New Light Tactical Vehicles are Coming Joint light tactical vehicles are being designed to maneuver through the narrow alleyways and small streets in Iraq.
National Defense February 2010 Erwin, Magnuson & Jean	Army, Marines Mull Over Options to Modernize Truck Fleets The Defense Department has been on a truck-buying spree for the past several years, and the demand will remain high for some time. But truck manufacturers don't expect the good times to last too much longer
National Defense September 2011 David C. Ake	Why Troops Love, and Sometimes Hate, the MRAP To date, more than 27,000 MRAPs have been produced. Nearly 15,000 are now in Afghanistan. Commanders there have all but phased out the use of flat-bottomed Humvees outside the wire. About 2,000 MRAPs remain in the United States for training.
Defense Update Issue 3, 2006	The New Road Warriors Armored Trucks Light armored trucks can't manage the extra weight needed to defend against mines and other explosive devices. However, newer versions of explosive reactive armor (ERA) are being created for these lightweight platforms.
National Defense October 2006 Harold Kennedy	Army, Marines Strive to Improve Personal Combat Gear As the Pentagon struggles to pay mounting war costs, the Army and Marine Corps are pressing ahead with efforts to provide troops with improved equipment.
National Defense December 2011	Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Readers respond to articles about army modernization and reworking the defense budget.
National Defense October 2007 Mike Cast	Army Deploys Testers to Assess Systems That Were Rushed to War The Army has fielded scores of new high-tech combat systems in Iraq and Afghanistan, but much of this technology was put into the hands of troops without undergoing the full-scale Army acquisition process.
National Defense January 2015 Valerie Insinna	Ultra Light Combat Vehicle Could Buck Trend of Slow Truck Procurement If everything goes to plan, the Army could field about 300 ultra light combat vehicles by the end of fiscal year 2016.
National Defense July 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Pushes Truck Technology Forward The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle is one of the most hotly competed contracts currently up for grabs in the U.S. defense market.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2008	ARMY, USMC Set the JLTV in Motion Army requests proposal for the development of a new family of vehicles utilizing the most advanced, but mature, technologies.
National Defense January 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Wants Trucks That `Survive' Combat Repeated attacks on truck convoys in Iraq have prompted the Army to revisit its requirements for future logistics vehicles.