The U.S. Army is planning to deploy a combat helmet that is 22 percent lighter than the current helmet used by soldiers. Announced on Monday, the Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH) Generation II is said to ...

Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division received the Army’s newest helmet today, the first combat helmet capable of withstanding small arms fire without added protection. The Next Generation ...

The Marine Corps just awarded a $51 million contract to issue every Marine the Enhanced Combat Helmet, Marine Corps Systems Command announced on June 9. Currently, only Marines shipping out on a ...

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Max Pro-Police & Armor offers composite combat helmets that weigh up to 10 percent less than available ACH (Advanced Combat Helmet)-grade helmets. The Combat Ballistic Helmet is molded out of ...

LAS VEGAS -- The super lightweight, modular and feature-rich Ops-Core helmets used by special operations troops can inspire a serious case of gear envy from the conventional forces. And they may get ...

Minneapolis — 3M Co. has introduced a new combat helmet designed to help soldiers survive an expanded number of ballistic threats during combat. It’s part of an effort to produce the next level of ...

New soldier protection equipment from PEO Soldier includes torso and extremity protection, the Army Combat Shirt with built-in pads and the Integrated Head Protection System. (Alan Lessig/Staff) FORT ...

Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington -- Some I Corps Soldiers here are working with operational testers from Fort Hood, Texas to help determine whether or not a new, lighter combat helmet ends up on ...

WASHINGTON -- Army researchers in Massachusetts are developing technology that may soon yield a lightweight combat helmet that provides more protection than anything ever fielded. Representatives of ...

A combat engineer from the 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division tests the Army's new Integrated Head Protection System during an operational test at ...

3M Co. has introduced a new combat helmet designed to help soldiers survive an expanded number of ballistic threats during combat. It's part of an effort to produce the next level of safety products ...