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 ...

Various U.S. military units and services began fielding the ACH 2003. Lighter than the previous PASGT infantry helmet, the ACH features a pre-drilled Night Vision Goggle (NVG) bracket hole.

Made of high-density polyethylene instead of the current helmet's Kevlar, the ACH Gen II weighs about 2.5 pounds in size large -- about a 24-percent weight reduction, officials from Program ...

While the Army-issued ACH helmet offered adequate protection, the First Sergeant elected to wear a high-speed Ops-Core FAST ...

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 shell is cut to ...

and each successive helmet weighed less than its predecessor. The LW-ACH, for instance, is more than a half-pound lighter than the PASGT helmet for a size large. Newer helmets on display made use ...

The Advanced Army Combat Helmet (ACH) provides ballistic and impact protection, stability, and comfort without degrading the Soldier's field of vision and hearing. Two basic components of the ACH ...

American inventor and avid rider Steve Feher has launched the world’s first air-conditioned helmet that is claimed to decrease temperatures by 10-15º Fahrenheit (6 ...

The US military’s iconic Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH) that has seen combat for over a decade has been manufactured by an unlikely source: America's prison inmates. Though the origin of this life ...

44 Magnum, AS TESTED TO THE H. P. WHITE HELMET TEST PROCEDURE, HPW-TP-0401.01B AND, IN ACCORDANCE WITH MIL-STD 662F FOR ACH/MICH FRAGMENTATION PERFORMANCE.• STANDARD 4-POINT FULLY ADJUSTABLE ...

In the weeks following Iran's Jan. 8 ballistic missile attack on the Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq, 110 American service members deployed there were diagnosed with what has been the signature, albeit ...

(US Army Staff Sgt. Kyle Keenan points to where a 9 mm bullet hit his Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH).Maj. Web Wright/Department of Defense) The US military’s iconic Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH) that has ...