Description
The US Air Force is seeking information about body armor and ballistic helmets for market research purposes. The required features include a lightweight structure, stable and able to support heavy loads, padded interior for comfort, and vertical and horizontal adjustment of plates. The body armor should have a weight transferring system, option for additional padding, and be compatible with soft armor insert. The ballistic helmet should have a one-hand adjustable fit system, left eye dominant option, adjustable/replaceable comfort pad system, and be lightweight NVG compatible. The helmet should also meet certain performance characteristics such as ballistic, fragment, backface deformation, and blunt impact protection.
Some of the key features of the body armor and ballistic helmets include:
• Lightweight structure
• Stable and able to support heavy loads
• Padded interior for comfort
• Vertical and horizontal adjustment of plates
• Unrestricted chest expansion
• Quick and simple attach and detach of plates/components
• Emergency quick release
• Different and interchangeable load-out capability
• Protection coverage of front, back and sides
• Weight transferring system (from back to hips/legs)
• Option for additional padding
• Compatible with soft armor insert
• Standard OCP Camouflage pattern and colors