Body Armour: Procurement

(asked on 8th July 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many scalable tactical vests his Department has ordered since 5 July 2024.


Answered by
Maria Eagle Portrait
Maria Eagle
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 24th July 2025

To meet the ongoing demand for scalable tactical vests (STV) in August 2024, 1,980 STV textile covers in civilian blue (No Multi-Terrain Pattern) and without the Soft Armour Filler(SAF), were ordered. Defence Equipment and Support have ordered 15 Special Measure bespoke STV (SAF and MTP cover) since July 2024 for those that do not fit in any of the 12 standard sizes.

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