What do the Akkadians, Greeks, Romans, and Americans all have in common? They all have combat helmets they wore in war. A warrior's best weapon is his head, and therefore needs protection. Some of the ...

Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division received the Army’s newest helmet today, the first combat helmet capable of withstanding small arms fire without added protection. The Next Generation ...

War has been part and parcel of humanity since the proverbial beginning of time, and people have clad themselves in protective gear and armor for thousands of years. Helmets worn in combat are not a ...

Anduril says Eagle Eye can turn a helmet into a networked combat interface, fusing drone feeds, maps, and targeting into a ...

New soldier protection equipment from PEO Soldier includes torso and extremity protection, the Army Combat Shirt with built-in pads and the Integrated Head Protection System. (Alan Lessig/Staff) FORT ...

The Army has officially started fielding its newest combat helmet, the Next-Generation Integrated Head Protection System, to soldiers in close-combat formations, the service announced Tuesday.

Airman Alex Orquiza of the 71st Security Forces Squadron wears the next generation of ballistic helmet during a door breaching exercise at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma Sept. 15. The Air Force ...

More than 300,000 service members have returned home with a traumatic brain injury since 9/11. Though the Pentagon says most cases are considered mild, in some cases those injuries have led to the ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- The Army awarded a contract Tuesday for a helmet that weighs an average of 22 percent less than the one currently in use but provides just as much protection, ...

The U.S. military’s most elite war fighters are getting some new headgear. U.S. Special Operations Command awarded a $95 million, five-year contract to the Gentex Corporation to furnish American ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army says it is recalling 44,000 advanced combat helmets that have been issued to soldiers worldwide because they do not meet military specifications. The Army said in a ...