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Army

DoD IG Report: Ballistic Testing Improvements Needed For Interceptor Body Armor Inserts

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

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Testing is inconsistent on body armor ballistic inserts, and the Army office in charge of the equipment plans to make changes in line with Department of Defense Inspector General (DoD IG) recommendations, a new report said. The DoD IG is conducting a series of Interceptor Body Armor audits at congressional request--this is the fourth--and has criticized the program and its testing in reports dating to 2008. This audit evaluated product quality assurance for seven Army contracts valued at $2.5 billion…

Congress

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Missile Defense

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Space

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