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Article: Safariland[TM] First to Introduce NIJ-06 Body Armor.
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- Defense & Aerospace Week
- Article date:
- June 17, 2009
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Safariland, a BAE Systems line of business, announced that it is one of the first body armor manufacturers to satisfy the requirements of the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ) new Voluntary Body Armor Compliance Testing Program under NIJ Standard-0101.06 (NIJ-06).
Safariland's XT-700 Type II (#BA-2000S-FC01) and XT-300 Type IIIA (#BA-3A00S-BR01) models have been determined by the NIJ to comply with the new NIJ-06 standard. Both models are part of Safariland's XT-Series of concealable body armor, and are now available for immediate purchase. As of this date, these are the only Threat Level II and Threat Level IIIA vests that have been authorized by NIJ under ...