Bourque Industries Inc (BORK)

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"... for a NIJ armor test [Bourque Industries] will show up with a large number of plates. If the plates all fail the test, then the manufacture may bring more plates and continue the test until at least one plate passes."

That above statement seems quite foolish.

For "until one plate passes" will generate a certificate of certification, while all prior samples failed is ludicrous.

Imagine Bourque Industries creates a dozen Kryron plates, manufactured using the same procedure.

All dozen are tested, and only one protected the wearer from the blunt force trauma denoted by Bourque Industries as that "ready for service."

Conclusion: Bourque Industries quality control of the manufacturing process sucks*.

* expect lawsuits again Bourque Industries that drive it out of business (rightly so)

Body Armor Compliance Testing
http://nij.gov/topics/technology/body-armor/Pages/testing.aspx

Submit Ballistic-Resistant Body Armor for Testing (NIJ Standard - 0101.06)
https://justnet.org/howto/Submit-ballisticBA-4Testing.html

Compliance Testing Program
https://justnet.org/compliant/Testing-program.html

Each body armor manufacturer with a model that meets the standard is subject to six follow-up inspections and testing over a five-year period, consisting of:
Inspections of recently manufactured vests to determine whether they are constructed in the same way as the original samples.
Follow-up ballistic testing.