The Department of Defense just announced a contract award to Revision Military for production of the new Advanced Combat Helmet Generation II. The helmet shares the same shape of the current issue ACH, but boasts a 24% weight reduction thanks to the use of Polyethylene materials.
Revision Military,* Newport, Vermont, was awarded a $98,111,803 firm-fixed-price contract for Advanced Combat Helmet Generation II (ACH GEN II), which includes the procurement of 293,870 production units. Bids were solicited via the Internet with five received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of March 6, 2022. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W91CRB-17-D-0008).
Congratulations to our Soldiers who will be getting a lighter weight helmet and to Revision, for getting the chance to build them.
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Huge win! congrats!
Great news really, what more can you say.
Everyone really loves that sweet neck strain of trying to keep watch over an area while you’re laid down in the prone.
Hopefully they are better quality than the Danish issued ones that fall apart
Could you please elaborate? I am very curious.
I believe the UK use the same (or very similar) helmet
2022 completion? Is funding for development?
That’s how long it will take to fulfill the contract.
Whatever happened to the Army’s ECH program? The Marine Corps got their own now.
So now there will be an ACH II and ECH?
They didn’t buy many ECH. Unless you’re a Marine, you’ll probably never see one.
It was the Marine Corps’ program all along.
So these will be ACHs made out of the same stuff the FAST helmets? Would have been a lot cooler if they would’ve just gone with them. Not as cheap, but a lot more CDI points.
Ground troops need the additional protection the MICH/ACH offers.
Adam, what is the FAST helmet made of? Do you know?