Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 24, 2012

The Army is developing new body armor that is more form-fitting for female soldiers. (U.S. Army)

US Army Testing Body Armor For Female Soldiers -- FOX News/Innovation News

Female soldiers in the U.S. Army have spent years fighting on modern battlefields with body armor designed for men. But the Army plans to change that poor-fitting scenario by field-testing new female body armor starting next summer.

Male body armor poses problems well beyond fashion sense for the 14 percent of the Army that consists of female soldiers — the male body armor's broad shoulders restrict their arm movements and the front armor plate's length cuts into leg circulation when they sit. That led the Army's Program Executive Office (PEO) to begin making female body armor prototypes based on sizing and fitting tests.

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