Protective Fabric Certification

ProWearGear Soft Body Armor (SBA) System:

• uses highest quality aramid fabrics for spike, blade and slash protection
• garments are light, thin, flexible and fire-retardant
•  designed with Flex Fit for male and female comfort

ProWearGear(PWG) is proud to offer high quality spike/blade protective garments as an armored garment system.  PWG SBA is built to USA – NIJ Spike Protection Standard 0115.00 and available in a choice of NIJ Spike equivalent, CLASSIC 1 (NIJ 1) – light duty, CLASSIC 2 (NIJ 2) – medium threat and CLASSIC 3 (NIJ 3) – high threat plus  PWG  ULTRA GUARD for enhanced protection.  

The PWG System includes armored: t-shirts, vests, jackets, coveralls, arm-neck -waist guards, gaiters and cooling vest, built as a removeable liners. The PWG Vest and Jacket liners fit inside existing Agency duty garments while other items can be worn independently on their own or together as a system.  PWG’s integrated, expandable SBA system instantly increases agency issued ballistic or spike vests with body vitals protection to under arms, sides, chest, lower front/back, neck, legs and arms. Custom sizes, designs and applications are a PWG specialty

PWG gear is designed to be worn with Agency mandated-issued standard two-piece ballistic or spike vests. When PWG armored vest system is worn with single purpose ballistic vest, the vest functions like a dual purpose ballistic-spike vest.

PWG purposely sourced and built its SBA in USA and Canada using high quality military and law enforcement grade fabrics. After extensive testing, PWG chose a USA-EU manufactured protective fabric because of its quality, features, benefits and availability.

ProWear Gear Protective Fabrics Successful:
Tested by an Accredited NIJ Test Lab

The NIJ certifies only the standard two-piece vest used in mandated ballistic and spike vests. Using the international NIJ Test Standard 0115.00, an NIJ accredited test laboratory pre-tested the protective fabrics ProWear Gear would use in its SBA system. The test was successful to identify ProWearGear CLASSIC 3 with fabric equivalent to NIJ Spike 3, CLASSIC 2 (NIJ Spike 2), CLASSIC 1 (NIJ Spike 1) PWG ULTRA GUARD test rated higher than NIJ Spike Level 3. These  three levels of protection are available in PWG SBA System: T-Shirt, Vest, Jacket, Coverall, Arm-Neck-Waist Guard, Gaiter & Cooling Vest.

National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Certification Process

NIJ, a division of the USA Department of Justice, an internationally recognized institute, certifies firearms, ballistic-spike vests and protective gear including helmets and tactical equipment. Two USA based test labs are certified by the NIJ to perform certification tests.