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 ...

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 Army has officially started fielding its newest combat helmet, the Next-Generation Integrated Head Protection System, to soldiers in close-combat formations, the service announced Tuesday.

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 ...

Costa Mesa-based technical ceramic products company Ceradyne Inc. has received the second of two orders for its enhanced combat helmet, valued at about $3.9 million. The first order was received in ...

, The U.S. Army and Marines are working on upgrading their head protection to the Enhanced Combat Helmet. The outer shell is made from the same high-molecular-weight polyethylene plastic being ...