The war between Ukraine and Russia has highlighted the importance of body armor for soldiers, and the deadly consequences when it is lacking. Body armor is something Golden-based CoorsTek knows well.

Yet the really interesting question isn’t just what a 3-D printer can produce, but who can produce it. If it’s technically possible—and now legal in the United States—to print 3-D guns, and it’s also ...

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BODY ARMOR: Ceradyne Inc. said April 21 that it has received an $8.5 million order to provide its ceramic body armor system to protect "certain elite U.S. military personnel." The order is scheduled ...

New research into 3D printing technology could someday lead to the U.S. military 3D printing body armor for soldiers. The technology, which looks to abalone shells for inspiration, could allow units ...

ARMOR ORDERS: Ceradyne Inc. of Costa Mesa, Calif., said Sept. 30 that it will fill two orders worth $9.1 million for ceramic body armor for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. The Army's order is worth $4 ...

NEW YORK, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Ceradyne Inc. , which makes ceramic plates for body armor, on Wednesday posted better-than-expected earnings in the third quarter, driving its shares up 8 percent, as sales ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army, under pressure to issue more protective gear to its soldiers in Iraq, has signed a $70 million emergency contract with a California company to rush ceramic body armor to ...

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Ceradyne said it has received orders for its ceramic body armor systems worth a total of $17.2 million from government agencies. The Costa, Mesa, Calif., firm said it would begin ...

A researcher from North Carolina State University has developed a technique for creating high-density ceramic materials that requires far lower temperatures than current techniques – and takes less ...

Valot: That's Joel Moskowitz. He's the CEO of Ceradyne, a Costa Mesa company that's supplied ceramic body armor to the military since the 1990s. The ceramic inserts with a polymer backing are about a ...