Employees at the Portland plant reportedly bypassed mandatory hardness tests and entered false results for approximately 12,800 armor plates of various types. These plates were marked as tested and ...

Employees at a Russian-owned steel plant operator in Oregon falsified inspection results on armored plating, including some used for U.S. Army vehicles, according to a new report. An internal ...

An internal investigation, whose results were obtained by Bloomberg, detailed how workers at the steel plant operator Evraz North America bypassed mandatory hardness tests and inserted fake results ...

He was [the officer] struck multiple times in his plate, and for him to come back and say ... Officers throughout the history of body armor have always got fatigue, wear and tear from the weight load ...

Racers shut away for a week incommunicado and airport-style metal detectors -- powerboating in Japan deploys strict measures as one of only four sports in the country that can be legally bet on ...

This process involves cutting, shaping, and refining thick armor plates to create durable teeth capable of handling extreme digging tasks. The unmatched strength of this material ensures longer ...

Investigators say Lliev never confirmed if the body armor he was importing met NIJ requirements. In fact, prosecutors say the plates from the body armor were sent to a lab for testing and the ...

CLEVELAND — A Stow businessman has been hit with federal charges for allegedly smuggling body armor from China and making fake labels to pass the armor off as American-made, government-certified ...

Investigators found thousands of Chinese-produced body armor plates at Vallmar Studios and ShotStop Ballistics, the Stow companies owned and operated by Vall Iliev, 69, according to a news release ...

According to court documents, in May 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the Blaine, Washington port of entry (POE) intercepted a Canadian-registered truck found to be carrying more ...

Washington port of entry last May when they discovered a Canadian-registered truck loaded with ballistic body armor plates marked with the origin of the People's Republic of China, a tactic known ...