It's the first combat helmet that provides protection from small arms without added accessories. (Army) The service expects to field 190,000 next generation IHPS by 2028, Elgort said.

The helmet consisted of the outer shell made of Hanfield manganese steel and an inner suspension system. The helmet weighed 2.85 pounds and protected the head, sides, and neck, greatly improving ...

The combat helmet we know today didn't come of age until World War I, when artillery and timed air bursts rained shrapnel down on soldiers. As the story goes, August-Louis Adrian, a French ...

The Army has been flaunting a next-gen polyethylene helmet since at least 2018, when researchers showed off a prototype that claimed to offer rifle protection in an astonishingly lightweight 3.25 ...

The Army’s remaining Advanced Combat Helmets will go to units and MOSs that generally do not operate in high-hazard areas. “We had 15-plus years of an ACH that was the primary helmet for all ...

Believe it or not, helmets reinforced with metal were used by the Sumerians and Akkadians as far back as 2300 B.C.E., and Mycenaean Greeks used bronze helmets (typically quite heavy) in 1700 B.C.E.