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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army has officially started fielding its newest combat helmet, the Next-Generation Integrated Head Protection System, to ...

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 ...

Soldiers with 7th Infantry Division test the Integrated Head Protection System and Tactical Communication and Protective System Lite hearing protection on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, in Washington. (Sgt ...

The latest announcement is out from Avon Protection ( (GB:AVON)). Avon Technologies plc, through its subsidiary Team Wendy Ceradyne, has secured an $18 million delivery order from the Defense ...

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 ...

All of these new pieces of protective gear have undergone extensive testing among Army units over the last several year, all part of the Army efforts reconcile a need for... After years in development ...

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 ...