Saturday, May 20, 2006

Defence Tech: Experimental Dragon Skin Flexible Body Armor Fails Army Testing


Image source: Defense Tech


An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:

The Army’s struggle to find a new, more flexible body armor was dealt a setback Friday when high-tech vests called Dragon Skin failed to pass military testing, a senior defense official said.

After three days of testing this week, the Army determined the body armor does not meet military specifications, said the official, who would not specify which tests the armor failed. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the results have not yet been released.

The Army paid about $170,000 to buy 30 sets of the armor for the testing.

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