The US Army is looking for a replacement combat helmets for soldiers. At the last in the Pentagon “Close Combat Lethality Tech Day”, representatives NSRDEC (United States Army Soldier Systems Center) We provided some development, allowing in the future to create and adopt a combat helmet, having not only light weight, but also provides better protection, than facing the US Army samples.
Of the several types of helmets provided, Representatives of the US Army are interested in a new model prototype, not made of Kevlar, as other, and from a special polyethylene. According to the developers, new helmet weighs 1,13 kg and at the same time protects the soldier from head caliber bullets 9 mm, fragments of explosive devices and a quotation: “bullets of small arms proliferation”. Unfortunately, more information on this sample is not available.
When designing the helmet used a special type of plastic, namely “ultra-high molecular polyethylene”, thus reducing the weight of the prototype almost a quarter of the weight used by army helmet. This resin is used in various industries, it is very easy and does not corrode. When a new helmet manual provides for the use of cloth covers to give the masking properties.
Developer representatives said, that currently a prototype is not ready for mass production, and it will take at least a year, before being able to run it in a series of. And this is the case, If the US army will choose it as a protective helmet for his troops. Currently, the helmet is tested under various conditions.
