Read Next: Veterans Used Their Military Training to Plot Violence ... been fielded progressively lighter and more protective survival vests as technology develops. In 2009, the service first ...

The U.S. Navy is working on an improved survival vest that’s designed to provide more ballistic protection for aviators while making it more comfortable to wear. The redesigned Aircrew ...

ELIZABETH, W.Va. — The big, bare work bay where Kim Thomas sews has its doors and windows flung open to the greening hills. But as she bends over her sewing machine, running an olive vest under ...

The Naval Aircrew Systems Program Office aircrew survival vest team is collecting data from ongoing fleet assessments to evaluate a new rotary wing and tilt rotor aircrew survival vest system that ...

Thanks to BALCS, a pilot bailing out already has the most basic survival gear, including a Glock 17 ... several cases where a crewman or some other military personnel have ridden on the outside ...

About 40 Sailors inspect, maintain and repair a wide variety of survival equipment including parachutes, life rafts and personal flight gear to ensure ... and aircrews for military aviation ...

The 401st Military Intelligence Company recently conducted water survival training to ensure ... and the "travel stroke" sequence with full gear and dummy M-16 rifles provided by the Training ...