Older helmets are made from materials called aramids, commonly known by the commercial name Kevlar, De Groot added ... small arms without added accessories. (Army) The service expects to field ...

Because of the malleability and plasticity of Kevlar in the design process, the Army and its agencies were able to make a far more efficient helmet design, creating the PASGT, similar to the one ...

Kevlar helmet saved his life," the department tweeted on its Twitter account. The make and model of the helmet wasn't immediately known. Read the rest of the story at Military.com.

The Army had begun issuing a new helmet, dubbed the Advanced Combat Helmet. Made of a new type of Kevlar, the helmet is stronger and lighter than its predecessor. But the new helmet has a critical ...

"Many people are alive today because they were wearing their body armor and their Kevlar helmet," said Col. Clifford Cloonan, who heads the military and emergency medicine department at the ...

Recent laboratory experiments using novel 3D printing approaches with nanotechnology yielded a lattice structure that stopped projectiles better than Kevlar or steel at a much lighter weight.