After successful stringent tests that program experts say well exceeded initial requirements, the Marine Corps is getting ready to field its new enhanced combat helmet. In the first quarter of fiscal ...

The company paid settlement to avoid prosecution. A paratrooper of the US Company D of the 1st Battalion "Red Falcons" holds his M4A1 carabine as his fellow soldiers knock on a gate during a knock and ...

The Marine Corps just awarded a $51 million contract to issue every Marine the Enhanced Combat Helmet, Marine Corps Systems Command announced on June 9. Currently, only Marines shipping out on a ...

LAS VEGAS -- The super lightweight, modular and feature-rich Ops-Core helmets used by special operations troops can inspire a serious case of gear envy from the conventional forces. And they may get ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M announced today its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ceradyne, Inc., has been issued an $80 million delivery order with the United States government to supply 77,000 ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 1, 2009) - The Army has issued a recall of 34,218 Advanced Combat Helmets which failed ballistic tests. The recall affects 15,380 Army helmets, 12,000 Air Force ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 20, 2011) -- The results of a year-long study to build the best helmet to withstand blunt trauma were unveiled at a Pentagon press briefing April 19, 2011. Funded ...

Thousands of combat helmets made for the U.S. military by prisoners and paid for by the government were defective, putting service members — including some in Afghanistan — at risk, according to a ...

Minneapolis — 3M Co. has introduced a new combat helmet designed to help soldiers survive an expanded number of ballistic threats during combat. It’s part of an effort to produce the next level of ...

The high-tech gear – dubbed the “Boba Fett helmet” after the hit movie’s infamous bounty hunter – uses heat-seeking technology to hunt down enemies. It picks up signals from other people through ...

Max Pro-Police & Armor offers composite combat helmets that weigh up to 10 percent less than available ACH (Advanced Combat Helmet)-grade helmets. The Combat Ballistic Helmet is molded out of ...

3M Co. has introduced a new combat helmet designed to help soldiers survive an expanded number of ballistic threats during combat. It's part of an effort to produce the next level of safety products ...