But a 2014 review conducted by a committee created by the National Academies' National Research Council notes that while the Kevlar-based ACH helmet is a significant evolution from its WWI ...

The Advanced Combat Helmet was developed and tested by Army Special Operations Command to replace the Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops, or PASGT, helmet. Various U.S. military units and ...

An additional 55,000 ACH helmets in storage were also destroyed. At the time, ArmorSource was one of four companies making the ACH helmet, but all of those recalled and destroyed were manufactured ...

Some of the best advice I got in the Army came from a First Sergeant who said, “Never skimp on anything that protects your head or your eyes.” While the Army-issued ACH helmet offered adequate ...

The OM Tactical ACH -1 IIIA Helmet is manufactured with processing techniques to provide enhanced shell protection, at lower weight with improved comfort and mobility. The helmet ...

But the ACH Gen II isn't the first helmet to use high-density polyethylene fibers. The Army also fields the Enhanced Combat Helmet to soldiers for high-threat combat situations such as Iraq and ...

Revision’s ACH helmet solution is up to 24 percent lighter than the legacy ACH helmet system and this contract represents the first large-scale, significant advancement in ACH technology in 15 ...

How the Military Helmet Evolved From a Hazard to a Bullet Shield With the development of Kevlar and advanced industrial design, soldiers are now better protected from traumatic brain injury ...

The massive recall of prisoner-made combat helmets for the Army and Marine Corps was actually three times as big as initial reports indicated, a new investigation has found. The Defense Department ...

The results of a year-long study to build the best helmet to withstand blunt trauma were unveiled at a Pentagon press briefing April 19.

"The goal is to achieve a lighter-weight helmet with equal to or greater protection [than the legacy ACH]," said Maj. Brandon Motte, assistant project manager at Soldier Protective Equipment. An ...

Instead, his Advanced Combat Helmet, or ACH, took the brunt of the impact. After he got fixed up by the medic for superficial wounds, he pressed on for another 12 hours of fighting.