The settlement caps the DOJ’s nearly 20-year pursuit of False Claims Act lawsuits, prompted by a whistleblower complaint, against companies in the body-armor supply chain involving Zylon vests
Honeywell International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HON) has agreed to pay $3.35 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by supplying defective ballistic material for bulletproof vests purchased by the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies. The settlement ends the DOJ’s decades-long pursuit of False Claims Act lawsuits against companies in the body armor supply chain that allegedly continued to manufacture, market, and sell Zylon bulletproof vests even after becoming aware that Zylon rapidly degraded in hot and humid conditions, compromising its ability to stop bullets.