Carbide: Aluminum Boron Carbide Composite

RJ Easton Orchestrates Merger of Talon Composites with Thresher Industries (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - 114 weeks ago

HANFORD, Calif.----Thresher Industries , a manufacturer of aluminum and composite castings, announced today that it has agreed to acquire 100 percent of Talon Composites, a manufacturer of premium metal matrix composites.

Question on body armor (Strategy Page) - 115 weeks ago

Anybody know what level protection the new Interceptor vests give and how effective they are against AP rounds.? Also, what kinds of vests did troops have prior to the Interceptor?