# Protect the Force awarded OTA agreement for HARPY prototype

Protect the Force Inc., Mission Ready's innovation division, was awarded an Other Transaction for Prototype Agreement by the US Army to develop a hardened arm protective yoke (HARPY) for next-generation body armor.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2022-10-11
- Where: United States
- Status: announced
- Products: hardened arm protective yoke, body armor
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Mission Ready Solutions](https://endata.com/companies/8659.md) (partner)
- [Protect the Force](https://endata.com/companies/66245.md) (supplier)
- [US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center](https://endata.com/companies/66315.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [newswire.ca](https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/mission-ready-s-innovation-division-awarded-ota-agreement-from-the-united-states-army-combat-capabilities-development-command-soldier-center-801270303.html), 2022-10-11: "The HARPY is one of the only ballistic protective items in the Army development pipeline since the Ballistic Combat Shirt that led to PTF's Flex9Armor."

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