The VESTLIFE project led by AITEX says goodbye after 3.5 years of operation with very successful results in the field of ballistic and CBRN protection. The prototypes of the vests and add-ons developed for different levels of protection have been presented at the final meeting...

AITEX organizes the 7th meeting of VESTLIFE project (Ultralight modular bullet proof integral solution for dismounted soldier protection) where the first prototypes of the ballistic protection panels developed in the project, that combine modularity, comfort (including a reduction of weight) and CBRN detection, adapting the...

AITEX organizes the 6th meeting of VESTLIFE project (Ultralight modular bullet proof integral solution for dismounted soldier protection) where the promising partial results in the development of new ballistic protection panels that combine modularity, comfort (including a reduction of weight) and CBRN detection, adapting the...

Last 3rd of July of 2020, VESTLIFE project celebrated the 5Th meeting of the project that, for the first time, was held in a virtual way due to COVID-19 pandemic. There, interesting results concerning new textile structures, ballistic polymeric composites, advanced ballistic ceramics ,modelling and...

VESTLIFE project celebrates its 3rd meeting of the European project (Ultralight modular bullet proof integral solution for dismounted soldier protection) in Bergamo (Italy), where preliminary results have been presented and the European Defense Agency (EDA) Project Officer, representatives of the Spanish, Portuguese and Finnish...

VESTLIFE project celebrates its Kick off meeting (Ultralight modular bullet proof integral solution for dismounted soldier protection) at European Defense Agency (EDA) facilities in Brussels, with the participation of different representatives of the European Commission and the EDA, highlighting Mr. Olli Ruutu, Deputy Director of...

Under the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR), the grant for the Research Action call on the topic of ‘Force protection and advanced soldier systems beyond current programmes’, subtopic ‘Tailor-made blast, ballistic and CBRN protection of military personnel’, was concluded. The awarded project, called VESTLIFE,...