Two weeks before his death Rifleman Fentiman had written on a blog he was "still waiting" for new body armour. He was equipped with Osprey body armour and a Mark 7 helmet, but was awaiting new ...

As the Osprey slid left over the edge of the deck ... It wasn’t like training in the pool. The weight of his body armor immediately dragged him under. After five attempts, the sergeant finally ...

Footage from Forces TV shows soldiers demonstrating the Osprey and Virtus body armours British army soldiers have raised concerns about their new body armour, the BBC has learned. Virtus ...

Described by Defence Secretary Des Browne earlier this year as "a world-leading system", Osprey Improved Combat Body Armour was designed to give better protection for forces facing attack by ...

The first-gen “modern” systems—such as the American Interceptor Body Armor, British Osprey and Russian 6B12—focus on wide protection, holding their armored plates above Kevlar or aramid ...

The company developed the Osprey body armor system that is equipped with modular capability, allowing the dismounted troops to modify the system's configuration, according to the mission-specific ...

A standing order of the 42 Commando battle group stated that all soldiers must wear the latest Osprey body armour and Mark 6 Alpha helmets in any combat situation. The inquest at Oxford Coroner's ...

Only later when things had calmed down was I able to assess the damage. 10,000 Mark 7 helmets and Osprey body armour kits were introduced as part of a £16m contract in autumn 2009. Made by ...

The remains of a U.S. Air Force staff sergeant from Massachusetts who was one of eight service members lost when a CV-22 Osprey crashed off the coast of Japan are being returned home. The body of ...

An inquest into the death of a soldier from Cambridgeshire has heard body armour he was waiting for would not have saved him. Rifleman Andrew Fentiman, 23, of 7th Battalion The Rifles, from the ...

British army soldiers have raised concerns about their new body armour, the BBC has learned. Virtus, which is replacing Osprey armour, is described by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as "one of the ...