FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Successful implementation of new body armor technology requires more than just engineers designing prototype systems in a lab. Feedback from Soldiers who will be using the ...

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.

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 ...

Soldiers in the 82nd Airborne Division became the first in the Army this week to officially receive the Army’s latest combat helmet. Around 2,000 Soldiers from the 82nd’s 1st Brigade Combat Team ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Army has awarded Ceradyne, Inc., a 3M company, an additional $34 million to continue supplying its ballistic helmet of the future. The Integrated Head ...

WASHINGTON – On Feb. 12 PEO Soldier fielded the Next-Generation Integrated Head Protection System to approximately 2,000 soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, marking the ...

MELKSHAM, U.K.—Avon Protection P.L.C. has received a delivery order—worth $39 million—from the U.S. Army for the supply of “next-generation integrated head protection systems.” The United ...