Keeping American infantry soldiers safe and protected in the field is a top priority of the U.S. military. And a vital part of this protection is the combat helmet. The U.S. Army first began issuing ...

Fort Rucker, Ala. - Fort Rucker flight students have started receiving new models of flight helmets. The HGU-56/P Rotary Wing Helmet (RWH) is an improved version of the HGU-56/P helmets previous ...

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 ...

Scientists at the Army Research Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory are using highly sensitive x-ray machines to study microstructures of the skull that are ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Type M1917 steel helmet was the ...

They sure don't make 'em like they used to. That's what a recent study at Duke University on combat helmets would have you believe. Findings from the study suggested France's World War I-era "Adrian" ...

The Army has pushed back on a study purporting to show that World War I "tinpot" helmets were just as good or, in some cases, better than the service's current Advanced Combat Helmet in mitigating the ...

In a new paper, researchers compare 100-year-old military helmet technology to what soldiers use today, and the results may surprise you. These researchers wanted to study how helmets endure primary ...

Biomedical engineers from Duke University have demonstrated that, despite significant advancements in protection from ballistics and blunt impacts, modern military helmets are no better at protecting ...