Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc (KBLB)

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https://defence.nridigital.com/global_defence_technology_feb19/under_armour_the_us_armys_new_soldier_protection_system

The officer responsible for SPS notes that many of the new additions have been incorporated to aid soldier mobility and lethality. “The more mobile you are, the more survivable you are,” says Lieutenant Colonel Ginger Whitehead, product manager for soldier protective equipment at the US Army’s Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier. “Anytime that you are decreasing the weight that a soldier carries, and giving them more range of motion, that enables them to move better on the battlefield.”

Whitehead notes that the developers are also looking at the use of next-generation Kevlar and even biologically engineered spider silk. The US Army is currently working with Kraig Biocraft Laboratories to develop a strain of genetically engineered silkworms for protective textiles.