What do bra fitting and body armor testing have in common? Andrea Porter's dissertation. When Porter took a sabbatical from her career to earn her Ph.D. in multidisciplinary engineering, she never ...
This cosplay workflow uses three free programs to create armor pieces that match both a character design and the wearer’s ...
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 ...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Andrea Porter is stripping back the layers of bulletproof material as she researches ways to make body armor safer and more comfortable for women’s bodies. The Texas ...
The 55th Security Forces Squadron recently issued new body armor to Offutt defenders. What makes this piece of safety equipment special is it was designed to better protect females. For years, female ...
A new generation of armor tailored to better fit women's typically shorter bodies and other unique physical attributes will be field tested for the first time by a group of women soldiers deploying to ...
A Ukrainian manufacturer unveiled a new set of body armor that is specially made for female soldiers. The manufacturer, Ukrainian Armour, demonstrated the bulletproof suit in Kyiv on Thursday, per the ...
Share using Native tools ShareCopied to clipboard Share on Mail (Opens in new window) Mail Sgt. Katiushka Rivera, a soldier with the 82nd Airborne gets fitted for a modular scalable vest (MSV) during ...
Dr. Daniel Mountjoy (left), Christine Villa, and Maj. Saily Rodriguez, with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Human Systems Division, perform an inspection on new body armor units designed ...