“What’s most amazing to me about General Schwarzkopf’s helmet,” says Frank Blazich, Jr., curator of modern military ... of Kevlar in the design process, the Army and its agencies were ...

In a new paper, researchers compare 100-year-old military ... design could help protect people working in extreme situations from primary blast injuries along with the other injuries that helmets ...

Biomedical engineers have demonstrated that, despite significant advancements in protection from ballistics and blunt impacts, modern military ... of research to design helmets that can better ...

Part of the aim of the new design was to improve the field of vision and hearing. Unlike previous helmets, the ACH was designed to be worn in conjunction with other items of modern military equipment.

Helmets tested also included the American and British Brodie design, the German Stahlhelm and the U.S. military’s Advanced ... And even though modern variants prioritize protecting troops ...

Feb. 14 (UPI) --A French army helmet used in World War I was as valuable in protecting from shock waves as modern counterparts, a Duke University study revealed on Friday. The Adrian helmet ...

Joost, what made you want to put old-time metal army helmets up against modern U.S. models? So neither the modern helmets nor the historical helmets were designed to protect against shock waves.

"With all of the modern materials and manufacturing capabilities we possess today, we should be able to make improvements in helmet design that protects from blast waves better than helmets today ...