The Army has been flaunting a next-gen polyethylene helmet since at least 2018, when researchers showed off a prototype that claimed to offer rifle protection in an astonishingly lightweight 3.25 ...

U.S. Army officials will soon begin fielding a new combat helmet designed to give soldiers 100 percent greater ... The new helmet still has one hole in front to attach the night-vision mount.

Photo Credit: David Kamm, NSRDEC Photographer The Helmet and Electronics and Display System-Upgradeable Protection, or HeADS-UP program, at Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering ...

The Army is still perfecting this design. They’d like to build a helmet with a responsive respirator that’s only on when it needs to be on, and presumably, the helmet should also feature the ...

For the last two decades, the Army’s protective headgear has gone largely unchanged. But after four years of developing a new ballistics helmet, 111 combat engineers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 4, 2011) -- The Army is looking at an improved combat helmet that surpasses the capabilities of what Soldiers are currently wearing in the field, and it may be ...

While the helmet’s weight depends upon its size, the Army said a large helmet will weigh under 2.5 pounds, roughly 12 ounces less than the current ACH in use. 10 HISTORIC COMBAT HELMETS.

New football helmet technology could help protect soldiers 03:33. More than 300,000 service members have returned home with a traumatic brain injury since 9/11.

Keeping cool in the heat of battle could soon be easier, thanks to a new U.S. Army helmet that has its own built-in air-conditioning system. The high-tech headgear, which has been compared to ...

A helmet designed by the U.S. military to protect soldiers from traumatic brain injuries during explosions could actually cause worse medical damage, researchers concluded.

WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- Staff Sgt. Frankie Hernandez might not be around today were it not for his Army-issued advanced combat helmet.On Saturday, Sept. 10, Hernandez was reunited with ...

Tests by Navy researchers on a new Army and Marine helmet design showed blast waves could bounce off the added components and produce unexpected pressure, according to a recent research paper.