Copyright © 1995-2020 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. The ManTech program focused on addressing technology barriers that inhibited a new class of improved ballistic materials, including new grades of Dyneema, Spectra, and thermoplastic coated aramids. [13], ARL and its partners received DoD’s Manufacturing Technology Program Achievement Award in 2009 for work on ECH.[13]. This is huge. The IHPS, combined with Military Combat Eye Protection (MCEP), completes the head protection part of the SPS effort. Many users would buy a circular pad to ease the weight stress on top of their heads. Rating provided by a verified purchaser... Unassembled.

I spent several hours wearing this helmet while cutting and trimming brush and trees and it remained comfortable the entire time, without shifting or falling off. Primary users: originally Army, now all services. Something went wrong. The desired weight of the helmet, according to the posting, is between 2.91 pounds for a small helmet, to 3.84 pounds for an extra-large. “You need the flexibility to have accessories on the helmet, particularly at night,” Whitehead said. The Enhanced Combat Helmet (ECH) is a United States Army program to replace the combat helmets of the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marines using thermoplastics instead of the ballistic fibers used on the current generation combat helmets. The helmet technology includes new manufacturing processes developed at ARL, in collaboration with U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development And Engineering Center and Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier.

In an effort led by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory,[6] ECH development began in 2007 under the Army Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program. The IHPS uses a boltless chinstrap retention system, has an optional mandible with eyeshield for maxillofacial protection, and siderails for attaching equipment like flashlights. Original estimates were the ECH would be 35% lighter, but as tests showed it could not meet specs, the weight was increased to that equal the ACH/MICH. Unfortunately, the pads chosen are the same bottom-tier pads the Army uses that disintegrate quickly, are hard and uncomfortable, resulting in troopers removing their helmets for comfort, even facing the ever-present and unpredictable threat of IED’s, RPG’s, Ambush, vehicle accidents, etc.. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/lwh.htm. Enhanced Combat Helmet (ECH) is a United States Marine Corps program to replace the combat helmets of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marines using thermoplastics instead of the ballistic fibers used on the current generation combat helmets.

This is now integrated in to Army inventory as the MICH/ACH helmet. The current helmet uses a bolted-on nylon suspension with a leather headband that is fastened onto the inside headband. USD 750. If the program proceeded as planned the Army would acquire 200,000, the Marine Corps would acquire 38,500, and the Navy would acquire 6,700. Personal Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT) helmet (also called the K-Pot) is made of and has been in use since 1983. "U.S. Government Order Totals 114,000 Enhanced Combat Helmets from 3M", "Enhanced combat helmet heads to production", "Army's new plastic helmet tops Kevlar ACH", "Low Cost Manufacturing of Materials for Improved Warfighter Protection", "Ceramic Enhanced Combat Helmets And Personal Armor", "3M to Supply Enhanced Combat Helmets to United States Marine Corps", New combat helmets coming for deploying Marines, Army, Marines to Field Better Ballistic Helmets, Corps Needs Cash to Field New Helmet to All Marines, "Supply and Delivery of 3,121 units Enhanced Combat Helmet Level III (Lot 1) under Public Bidding No.

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