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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 Army Uniforms Call for Lightweight Helmets to Protect Soldiers, But They Won't Come Cheap Published Mar 22, 2017 at 2:18 PM EDT Updated Mar 29, 2017 at 12:37 PM EDT ...