Video library
See ArmorList at work.
Short, narrated videos on the real screens: where to start, what to do first, and what to watch when you need it.
For manufacturers and distributors
Put your company in front of the buyers who check before they buy. Every walkthrough is narrated, with captions and a transcript.
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Procurement Ready
The questions every buyer asks, the four-stage pathway, and the one verified, dated record that answers them.
Film · 5½ min
Your first steps
6 videos · 6 min
Step 1: Claim your companyFind your company on ArmorList, prove you work there, and take over the profile buyers see.1 min
Step 2: List your productsStart a listing from the NIJ record, fill in what it doesn't hold, and upload a whole line at once.1½ min
Step 3: Procurement PathwaySee where your company stands, what is missing for the next step, and what the Procurement Ready credential gives buyers.1 min
Step 4: Answer quote requestsRead an agency's request, send a structured quote, and run the order from confirmed to delivered.1 min
Step 5: Your Seller ConsoleYour listings, leads, profile and numbers in one place, and what to answer first.1 min
Step 6: Team and accessInvite your team with exactly the permissions you choose, and approve access requests.1 min
Go deeper
From the factory to the field
One product’s life on one record: claim your company, list from the NIJ CPL, answer quotes, and ship by serial into the agency’s ArmorTrack.
Film · 6 min
From quote to delivery
4 videos · 3 minIn the order an agency buys.
Step 1: Tell buyers how to buy from youAnswer once what every agency asks before it buys: how to buy from you, your quote process, samples and grant-ready paperwork, with your procurement contact.1 min
Step 2: Your technical documents, to the right peopleAdd each product's technical documents, choose who can open each one, and keep every file in Your files.1 min
Step 3: A quote with lines, ready for the grantAnswer a request line by line, with the size and the officer on each line and the facts the vest grant checks.1 min
Step 4: From order to delivery, by serialConfirm the order and attach the invoice, register the lot, and ship each serial against its line.1 min
When you need it
3 videos · 3 min- Advertise with ArmorList CreditsWhere credits come from, buying a pack, booking a promoted product, and running your campaigns.1½ min
- Find government opportunitiesSAM.gov opportunities for body armor and protective equipment, in one place.1 min
- Research materialsSearch ballistic materials by type, construction, resin and origin, and open the record behind each one.1 min
For agencies and buyers
Find, verify and buy armor, in the order you buy it. Every walkthrough is narrated, with captions and a transcript.
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The ArmorList product tour
The whole platform in three minutes: search the market, check a model against the NIJ CPL, and move from research to a quote.
Product tour · 3 min
Your first steps
6 videos · 5 minIn buying order.
Step 1: Search and compare armorFilter the catalog by NIJ CPL listing, level, type and size, then line up to four products side by side.1 min
Step 2: Check a model against the NIJ CPLSearch the catalog the way you talk, and see each model’s NIJ listing with the date it was read.1 min
Step 3: NIJ advisories and safety noticesEvery NIJ advisory and safety notice, filtered by state, type and year, linked to the original.1 min
Step 4: Request a quoteSend a structured quote request, accept the offer, save your PO number, and follow the order to delivery.1 min
Step 5: Buy through a contract vehicleFind the contract vehicles that cover body armor, who holds them, and the link to each award.1 min
Step 6: Find a replacementStart from a unit that left service in ArmorTrack and search the catalog against its recorded spec.1 min
How to pay for it
3 videos · 4 minPlays on armortrack.ioThe routes an agency uses to fund and buy armor.
- The Bulletproof Vest Partnership, step by stepWhat the federal vest program pays for, the rules to meet before the order, and the grant file ArmorTrack prepares for your jurisdiction to certify and submit.1½ min
- Buying through NASPO ValuePointHow the states' cooperative contract for body armor works, how your agency buys through it, and where to find who holds an award.1 min
- Buying through GSAWhen a state or local agency can buy body armor from GSA's schedules, the two special routes, and where to find the schedule holders.1½ min
When the order arrives
1 videos · 1 min
After you buy
From rookie to retirement
Every vest, plate, helmet and shield an officer wears, on one record in ArmorTrack: issue, care, NIJ notices, incidents and disposal.
Film · 7½ minon armortrack.io
Tools on every account
The market picture, your research and your messages work the same way for buyers and sellers.
Inside body armor
12 videos · 19 minPlays on armortrack.ioHow armor is made, how it is tested, and what happens when it works.
Step 1: What stops a bulletSoft armor and hard plates, how the layers catch a round, the push that still arrives, and why every armor has its limits.1½ min
Step 2: From fiber to vestStrong fiber, woven or set in film, layered and stitched, sealed in a cover, labeled, and built like the samples that passed.1½ min
Step 3: How a hard plate is madeCeramic, steel and polyethylene: plates can look alike, they don’t work alike, and the label decides what each one is rated for.1½ min
Step 4: Strike face and wear faceWhich side faces the threat, why armor is built to face one way, and checking it every time a panel or plate goes back in.1½ min
Step 5: Inside an NIJ test labWho shoots the armor, how the range is set, where the shots go, and how a model reaches the NIJ CPL.1½ min
Step 6: Backface deformationThe dent in the clay behind armor that worked, how it is measured against the limit, and what a pass does and doesn’t mean.1½ min
Step 7: Conditioning before the shotsHeat, moisture and tumbling before the shots: samples worn out on purpose, plates with steps of their own, and your care for the rest.1½ min
Step 8: How helmets are testedHelmets are not on the NIJ CPL: what NIJ’s 1981 helmet standard tests, and what to ask for instead.1½ min
Step 9: Stab and spike armorWhy stab armor has its own NIJ standard and its own NIJ CPL, its two classes and three levels, and how to read the label.1½ min
Step 10: A hit, step by stepThe round stops, the push still reaches the body, the hospital with the vest, and a struck vest replaced and recorded.1½ min
Step 11: Matching armor to the threatThe NIJ handgun and rifle levels and their older names, what a rating doesn’t cover, and why fit and coverage matter as much.1½ min
Step 12: From the lab to the streetOne vest from the test lab to the street and to retirement, and the one ArmorTrack record that follows it.1½ min
Tools on every account
6 videos · 4 min- Market intelligenceThe body armor market in aggregate: who, what, where, and how it is growing.1 min
- Research boardsBoards for what you are evaluating: lanes, notes, and compare in one click.1 min
- The message centerEvery quote request and contact message, in one inbox with its record attached.1 min
- The industry directoriesBrowse the Job Board and the Logistics Directory: filter, open a posting, and find the partners who move armor.1 min
- Laws, patents and toolsBody armor laws by state, the patents directory, and the coverage, weight and threat level tools.1 min
- Your profile and My IntelligenceSet up your profile and alerts, watch what matters, and follow every change in My Intelligence.1 min
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