Personal security

Improving Personal Safety – On The Battlefield

One of the trends of the body armor market is the improvement in materials. Traders have begun to use special fabrics in order to increase soldier’s performance as well as to protect the police officers and the soldiers who encounter blade attacks. Reducing the weight of the body armor without compromising with the quality is also a challenge faced by the body armor makers these days. The overall weight of the equipment stops them from being so lively in the war field, mobile and effective war fighters.

The weight and clumsiness cause soldiers to feel very unsafe as it is very difficult to carry heavy life saving equipment with them for so long and is left behind. According to digitaljournal.com, apart from the U.S., no other country is seriously involved in the manufacturing of body armor, which is another cause of concern for this market.

North America is the main market for body armor as the major survivability-based soldier modernization program is being conducted in this region which includes the development of body armor and personal protection system. In addition, there is also development by Asia Pacific market which is mainly dominated by Australia’s Land 125 phase 3B program and India’s development of survivability equipment for the F-INSAS program.