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Dragon Skin Body Armor- Why Won't The Army Use It?

It's been quite a popular debate that Dragon Skin is better than the US Army's current body armor: Interceptor. I've pretty much decided it's just the Military being super conservative and not wanting change- pretty much the same thing that happened to the M-16 when it was first introduced to the military (they just said no, then when testing it changed powder type... etc.)- doing something to make sure the new equipment doesn't become the standard. I don't know why they are like this.

What are your thought about this subject?
Here's just one article about it: https://www.defensereview.com/modules.php?n...article&sid=856

Don't read just one article though, search it on Google and you'll find out a lot.

It Army Wont Armor- Body Skin Dragon

Yes the military is conservative when it comes to some new technology. THey are slow to adopt the technology until they have tested the product over time. They will test it in sorts of climates and conditions to make sure it preforms as well as it is claimed. They will take the advise of the test subjects and what they had to say about the item. Only after all of this will they begin to think about making a decision to switch. There could be some negative comments out there about the dragon skin that is making the army hesitant about switching