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Navy/USMC

Marine Corps Looking For New Lightweight Armor Plate

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, November 30th, 2018

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Marine Corps Looking For New Lightweight Armor Plate

The Marine Corps is looking for a new lightweight modular armor plate with a contract award planned for July 2019.Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) released a request for proposals (RFP) last Thursday as it looks to procure up to 680,000 lightweight plates to begin fielding in fiscal year 2020.Nick Pierce, Individual Armor team lead for MCSC’s Program Manager - Infantry Combat Equipment (PM ICE), said the new plates will be significantly lighter than the current Enhanced Small Arms Protective Insert…

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