The Defense Department has too few chemical protection suits to equip its personnel and the deficiency is growing larger, according to a classified report by General Accounting Office, which released ...

FORT HOOD, Texas—They all looked stressed. Many of them weren't more than 20 years old. The troops ate pizza Friday while Spc. Corey Joseph ran around organizing everyone in Charlie Company. They were ...

The bone-chilling temperatures during the last week of February proved beneficial for one exercise during the chemical protective clothing training held in Hastings. Firefighters clad in blue ...

Ready One Industries, El Paso, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $193,746,960 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for men's and women's chemical protective joint service ...

The performance of CPC, in terms of chemical barrier protection, durability, and hazard scenario suitability factors, can be assessed at several levels: the material, seam, closure system, and ...

Existing chemical and biological warfare suits are difficult to wear and lack some protective features. The Pentagon’s research arm wants a better suit for those responding to chemical and biological ...

Academic, research and industry teams join forces to improve uniform materials. New fabrics now under development will one day relieve troops from the burden of wearing additional garments to protect ...

MOSCOW, February 6. /TASS/. A search for additional ways to protect troops from the chemical weapons that Ukrainian forces are using is underway in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the region’s ...