NATICK, Mass. -- Sometimes you need to put on your thinking cap to develop the best helmets for warfighters. Scott Bennet has spent decades doing just that. Bennet has spent most of his nearly 30-year ...

NATICK, Mass. (Nov. 1, 2012) -- Whether someone absorbs a hit by an improvised explosive device or a charging linebacker, the effect can be devastating on the human brain. Knowing that, researchers ...

Army Staff Sgt. Thalamus Lewis received the helmet that saved his life in Afghanistan at an April 19 ceremony at Fort Belvoir, Va. The enemy rifle round struck the right side of his Advanced Combat ...

Dr. Dean Sicking from the University of Alabama Birmingham is working to improve football helmet technology to decrease concussions and other effects of violent collisions. With all of the sport’s ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The engineer who helped revolutionize safety in auto racing plans to begin player testing of a new football helmet that he predicts will significantly reduce concussions. Dr. Dean ...