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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 ...

WASHINGTON - Just 29 Army soldiers have sought reimbursement so far for body armor and other equipment they bought to protect themselves on the front lines. The scant number of requests are largely ...

BODY ARMOR: Ceradyne Inc. of Costa Mesa, Calif., has received two orders worth $6.4 million to provide elite U.S. military personnel with ceramic body armor, the company said Nov. 29. The orders are ...

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 ...

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 ...

Costa Mesa-based Ceradyne Inc. shares dropped 8% in morning trading on news of its second-quarter earnings. Ceradyne makes body armor for military applications, industrial components, crucibles for ...

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Armor Holdings said Friday it won a piece of a Defense Department contract to supply the military with ceramic body armor. Shares of the Jacksonville, Fla., military and law ...