Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the passage of the sprawling fiscal 2021 defense policy and budget bill all but inevitable, one U.S. senator is looking ...

According to a new USA Today article, the military is finally making progress on designing body armor that will actually fit the women who actually wear it. “From helmets to accommodate a hair bun to ...

The U.S. Air Force is finally ready to begin fielding body armor specifically designed for female airmen in Security Forces units. The service on Monday said Security Forces airmen, sometimes called ...

Women have been serving in the Air Force Security Forces since 1976, but it’s taken 45 years for the service to finally provide them with body armor that actually fits. At long last, female airmen ...

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 ...

Andrea Porter has developed body armor designed for women. Her work aims to reshape the design — and the conversation — around female body armor. What do bra fitting and body armor testing have in ...

With the passage of the sprawling fiscal 2021 defense policy and budget bill all but inevitable, one U.S. senator is looking forward to a new measure that will require the military to provide properly ...