“What’s most amazing to me about General Schwarzkopf’s helmet,” says Frank Blazich, Jr., curator of modern military forces at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in ...

By utilizing a very specific combination of resilient materials and impact-absorbing designs, military-grade ballistic helmets are the only thing protecting soldiers from high-speed projectiles.

An upcoming exhibit at the Smithsonian highlights one of the most under-appreciated pieces of soldier kit, the infantryman's helmet. The May 20th Military Invention Day event at the National ...