Soldiers will soon be wearing a helmet that's up to 24 percent lighter than the current 15-year-old model, according to the Army. The Advanced Combat Helmet Generation II looks the same as the ...

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 ...

U.S. Army equipment officials will soon begin fielding a new combat helmet designed to give soldiers 100 percent greater protection against blunt impact on the battlefield.

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.

The U.S. Army has awarded $932,000 to Lebanon, N.H.-based Simbex for 20 Head Impact Telemetry System-equipped helmets to be used to "measure the shock from explosive devices." ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, May 15, 2010— -- The U.S. Army has announced the recall of 44,000 helmets that they say do not meet the military's quality control standards and the recall has triggered a federal ...

It's unclear how long it will take the services to field the ECH, but Army officials have said the service plans to buy at least 200,000 of the new helmets while the Marines intend to buy 38,500.

The Army Football helmet represents "Rocky the Bulldog," the mascot designed by the world-famous Walt Disney. Just above the helmet's visor is the 3rd Infantry Division's official song name, ...

Staff Sgt. Joseph McKenzie receives the Advanced Combat Helmet that saved his life from Col. Dean Hoffman IV during a ceremony at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Oct. 27, 2015.