AA Shield FAQ

1. WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS DO YOUR PRODUCTS MEET AND MANUFACTURED? ARE THEY CERTIFIED?

All AA Shield bulletproof products are manufactured to meet many of the international ballistic and/or protection standards, including US-NIJ and MIL-STD, UK-HOSDB, and NATO-STANAG. They have been tested and certified by world known ballistic test labs, such as US Lab HP white Below are the list of standards we refer in product manufacturing. 

  • NIJ 0101.06 – Body Armor Standard
    NIJ 0101.07 (Partial product range have been tested) – Body Armor Standard Suppose to release in year 2021
    NIJ 0108.01 – Bullet Resistant Material Standard
    NIJ 0115.00 – Stab/Spike Body Armor Standard
    MIL-STD-662F– Body Armor’s V50 Ballistic Limit Standard
    Stanag_2920 2nd Edition — NATO’s Ballistic Test Method For Personal Armour Materials And Combat Clothing
    UK HOSDB – Part 2 Ballistic Resistance and Part 3 Knife and Spike Resistance

 

2. ARE YOU ABLE TO CUSTOMIZE PRODUCTS FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS?

With the assistance of our experienced teams and facilities, we are able to manufacture products according to customer’s specific design or needs. Please contact us for more information.

3. ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON PURCHASING YOUR PRODUCTS?

We sell to responsible law-abiding Civilians, Law Enforcement Officers, and Military Personnel who are residents of the United States and Worldwide. Our body armor is available to residents in all States with the exception of Connecticut. Connecticut residents must be active Law Enforcement or Military and provide necessary credentials. Please read our Terms of Use for further details.

4. WHAT IS THE GENERAL LEAD TIME OF YOUR PRODUCTS?

We have stock on most of our armor products, however certain range of products are made to order for our customers in order to maximized their shelf life. Our usual leadtime is 7-45 days, for large quantity, please contact our sales manager for up to date leadtime quotes.

5. WHAT KIND OF WARRANTY DO YOU OFFER ON YOUR PRODUCTS AND HOW LONG IS THE WARRANTY FOR?

All our ballistic products come with a Five Years Manufacturer Limited Warranty. 

All other products and accessories have a Twelve – Eighteen months warranty period. (Based on the Product/Accessories type) This warranty will apply under certain terms & conditions. Please visit our Terms & Conditions. 

Please feel free to contact us if you are seeking specific product’s warranty.

6. WHAT ARE YOUR NORMAL PAYMENT TERMS?

For retail orders we accept payment 100% then dispatch. 

For wholesale orders our standard payment terms are 50 percent in advance before production and account balance before shipment. 

Other payment terms can be negotiated base on the contract value.

7.DOES YOUR BODY ARMOR STOP KNIVES AND SPIKES THREATS, AS WELL AS BULLETS?

In most cases, that a ballistic vest will not stop knives and spikes threats due to the fact of inlay designs, we do produce Dual Proof Body Armor at level 1 or level 2 of NIJ 0115.00, while they offering NIJ IIIA 0101.06 / HG2 NIJ 0101.07 ballistic performance. Please click on the specific product in the website for details.

8. WHAT DO TRAUMA PADS DO?

Trauma pads, made from nano materials, dissipate the transferred energy across the surface of the pad as opposed to allowing energy to be focused exclusively at the point of impact. The pads accomplish this by not following Newton's law of Viscosity, i.e., allowing a constant transfer of energy to a specific point on the surface area, but rather dissipate the transferred energies across their surface. In the event of a bullet strike on a plate causing the back side of the plate to deform from the kinetic energy delivered by the round; trauma pads spread that transferred energy over the larger area of the pad to lessen the energy delivered to the point of impact, and your internal organs in its path. They cushion the blow. 

9. Do you Offer Discounts to First Responders?

We offer a multi-use discount code to military, law enforcement and first responders. To receive a discount code, we simply ask that you email our support team: http://www.aashield.com/contact-us . We ask that you send us any form of credentials to verify your status, this can be any of the following: Photo of an ID, letterhead, email from an official account etc. We will then send you the discount code to use at the checkout, providing 15 % off body armor, plate carriers, and complete plate carrier packages with armor.

10. Can I Travel (fly) with Body Armor?

We recommend calling ahead to TSA as the restrictions are dynamic, changing, especially if it is travel outside of the United States when entry through a foreign countries Customs is required. The TSA web site states that body armor is allowed in both checked and carried luggage with the caveat that "our officers make the final decision on whether an item is allowed at the checkpoint."

The above is only for United States.  Other countries or regions, please make your inquiries to local governements and Customs.