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NIJ Body Armor Lookup

Check a body armor model against the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Compliant Products List: whether it is listed, at what protection level and under which standard, and whether an NIJ advisory or safety notice has suspended or removed it.

Why the notices matter. NIJ's list keeps its own status column, and it can lag the notices NIJ publishes. In this copy, 8 listings of models that a notice in effect suspends or removes still show as Active on the list. The lookup puts the notice beside them.

NIJ data copied October 15, 2026; NIJ last changed its 0101.07 table on October 14, 2026 and its 0101.06 table on June 8, 2026. This page is a dated snapshot. The NIJ certified body armor list on PersonalGuard is refreshed from NIJ's data every day.

Models under an NIJ notice in effect

Each notice below was listed as in effect on NIJ's testing program page and is tied to the NIJ model code it names. The last column is what NIJ's own list shows for that model today.

NoticeModel and makerWhat NIJ didHow the list shows it
NIJ Advisory Notice #04-2026
September 21, 2026
TYR-HA3/ST ICW TXP3A63
TYR Tactical LLC · MC03829
Suspended Active under 1 company
NIJ Safety Notice #01-2026
September 8, 2026
XR32
Carolina Performance Fabrics, S.A. de C.V. · MC03521
Removed for safety Suspended under 12 companies
NIJ Advisory Notice #03-2026
September 4, 2026
Defense 1
Power Hit S.A. de C.V.
Suspended Possibly listed as DEFENSE I: Active under 3 companies
NIJ Advisory Notice #02-2026
April 29, 2026
CP 4K10
Carolina Performance Fabrics S.A. de C.V. · MC02929
Suspended Active under 6 companies
NIJ Advisory Notice #01-2026
April 7, 2026
SAS-IIIA-2
Spartan Armor · MC03838
Suspended Active under 1 company
NIJ Safety Notice #03-2025
May 5, 2025
PS1RF1SC
ShotStop Ballistics, LLC · MC03131
Removed for safety Inactive under 6 companies
NIJ Safety Notice #02-2025
May 5, 2025
D1652SSB
ShotStop Ballistics, LLC · MC02896
Removed for safety Inactive under 6 companies
NIJ Safety Notice #01-2025
May 5, 2025
PA1RF1 ICW SLHIIIA
ShotStop Ballistics, LLC · MC03135
Removed for safety Inactive under 6 companies
NIJ Safety Notice #06-2024
June 18, 2024
Black
C.I.A. Miguel Caballero S.A.S. · MCL09-002353
Removed for safety
Listed serial numbers only
Inactive under 2 companies
NIJ Safety Notice #05-2024
March 20, 2024
Prot 035/19
Coplatex Industria e Comercio de Tecidos Ltda · MC03190
Removed for safety Inactive under 1 company
NIJ Safety Notice #04-2024
March 20, 2024
CLASSIC FRONT PLATE
C.I.A. Miguel Caballero S.A.S. · MCL09-002038
Removed for safety
Listed serial numbers only
Inactive under 1 company
NIJ Safety Notice #03-2024
March 19, 2024
CP 3K00
Carolina Performance Fabrics S.A. de C.V. · MC02972
Removed for safety Inactive under 12 companies
NIJ Safety Notice #02-2024
March 7, 2024
CLASSIC BACK PLATE
C.I.A. Miguel Caballero S.A.S. · MCL09-001824
Removed for safety
Listed serial numbers only
Inactive under 1 company
NIJ Safety Notice #01-2024
January 17, 2024
Alpha S33-Tactical Vest-Miguel Caballero
C.I.A Miguel Caballero · MCL09-002415
Removed for safety Inactive under 1 company
NIJ Safety Notice #05-2023
September 1, 2023
1155
RMA Armament, Inc. · MC02864
Removed for safety Inactive under 14 companies
NIJ Safety Notice #03-2023
May 26, 2023
PC4-02
Giramsa, S.A. de C.V. · MC02825
Removed for safety Inactive under 3 companies
NIJ Safety Notice #02-2023
April 17, 2023
PMT-BBS-III-A-2-2
Protective Materials Technology, S.A. de C.V. · PMT09-001956
Removed for safety Inactive under 1 company
NIJ Safety Notice #01-2023
March 9, 2023
ND01-2020S-ME
Safariland, LLC · SAF09-002768
Removed for safety Inactive under 5 companies
NIJ Safety Notice #01-2021
March 10, 2021
4600
Hesco Armor, Inc. · HES14-002360
Removed for safety Inactive under 31 companies
NIJ Advisory Notice #07-2020
December 4, 2020
VGNIJ3A-2
Beijing V-Great International Co., Ltd. · MC02911
Suspended Suspended under 5 companies
NIJ Safety Notice #01-2019
February 27, 2019
CIB-XP-IIIA
Craig International Ballistics · CIB12-001925
Removed for safety
Listed serial numbers only
Inactive under 1 company
NIJ Advisory Notice #06-2018
June 21, 2018
Centurion CNT
WarWolf Inc. · AII12-001998
Suspended Suspended under 1 company

What the statuses mean

Active
Listed by NIJ as compliant with its standard and still offered by this company.
Inactive
No longer produced or listed by this company. NIJ's testing program says units already in service that were made while the model was active remain compliant.
Suspended
NIJ has suspended the listing.
Suspended by notice, Removed for safety
An NIJ advisory or safety notice in effect names this model code. The notice decides, whatever the list's status column says. Some safety notices cover only the serial numbers they list.
0101.06 and 0101.07
NIJ's two ballistic standards. 0101.06 names its levels II, IIA, IIIA, III and IV; 0101.07 names them HG1 and HG2 (handgun) and RF1, RF2 and RF3 (rifle).

Definitions follow the testing program's own explanation of the list.

Companies with armor in force on the list

388 companies have at least one active or suspended listing. Each name opens that company's full listing history on PersonalGuard, with every model, level and date NIJ gives. 99 more have only inactive listings; search for them above.

Sources and method

Both NIJ tables come from the Office of Justice Programs open-data API: Standard 0101.06 and Standard 0101.07. The notices come from the testing program's active notices page, checked against the list by matching each notice's exact model designation under the company it names. NIJ's own overview is at nij.ojp.gov.

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