U.S. Army to produce 840,000 body armor sets by FY '06

In an effort to protect every soldier in the operational Army from bullets and blast fragments, the U.S. Army plans to procure 840,000 Interceptor Body Armor (IBA) sets by fiscal year 2006, according to Col. John Norwood, program manager for soldier equipment at Program Executive Office (PEO)...

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