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 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 ...

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It is the “signature wound” of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars: traumatic brain injury from the blast of the enemy’s improvised explosive devices. Now two researchers say that minor changes in the ...

The U.S. Army has released two new helmet prototypes the service is testing to offer soldiers a modular design that would allow crew members to need only one helmet versus the two they currently have ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 20, 2011) -- The results of a year-long study to build the best helmet to withstand blunt trauma were unveiled at a Pentagon press briefing April 19, 2011. Funded ...

Seattle, WA (AP/CBS) --The creators of one of the most technologically advanced football helmets currently available on the market was awarded a contract from the U.S. Army on Tuesday according to a ...

A Justice Department investigation into whether an Ohio-based military contractor took shortcuts in its production of military combat helmets has led to a massive Army recall. Army officials said ...

The long-anticipated release of the uniforms for the Army-Navy game has arrived. Army will wear tan “road” uniforms for the Dec. 9 clash in Foxborough, Mass. The uniform – designed by Nike – will ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Army researchers and industry partners recently published a study showing how they developed new materials and manufacturing methods to create higher performing helmet ...

The Army has pushed back on a study purporting to show that World War I "tinpot" helmets were just as good or, in some cases, better than the service's current Advanced Combat Helmet in mitigating the ...

Recall triggers federal investigation of how helmets got into circulation. WASHINGTON, May 17, 2010 -- The U.S. Army's recall of 44,000 helmets that do not meet quality control standards was triggered ...