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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday. The Army has come a ...

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 ...

While new night vision and advanced drones often attract a lot of attention, soldiers know that much of their comfort and survival in training and combat often depends on what they wear. Everything ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...