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Team Wendy EPIC Air Combat Helmet Liner System

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Team Wendy has introduced their new EPIC Combat Helmet Liner System. It incorporates three main pads (front, rear and crown) for impact protection, an assortment of new ergonomically designed comfort pads and patent-pending Air Channeling technology to keep you cooler. EPIC Air is offered in two styles to fit standard cut as well as high cut helmets. It is compatible with all styles of communications headsets and offered in two sizes.

Don’t forget, the Team Wendy ZAP pads remain the only authorized helmet pads for DoD use. Even though the new EPIC Air Combat Helmet Liner System exceeds standards set forth in blunt impact protection requirements of the Advanced Combat Helmet (AR/PD 10-02) it is not authorized for use.

www.teamwendy.com

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Canadian Army Tests New Modular Ballistic Helmet

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Researchers have been concentrating on filling the gaps between current armor vests and helmets and that has driven the design of this new helmet system. They started with a light helmet with shock mitigating liner. Then they developed different mission-specific appliques, such as a ballistic shell, front mandible, ballistic visor and an rear neck guard that attaches at the back of the helmet which reminds me of those found on riot helmets. This has made it modular and scalable much like newer body armor. They’ve added a couple of other interesting features. As you can see, the outer shell includes an integrated NVG mount. Additionally, the liner helmet is high cut, exposing the the ear in order to decrease weight yet increase compatibility with hearing augmentation systems.

The helmet has been under development by Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) – Valcartier since 2007 and recently underwent trials with 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e RÃ©giment (2 R22eR) (the legendary Van Doos) during the last two weeks of September. The 2 R22eR team put the helmet through its paces in a variety of scenarios including dismounted and mounted, range drills and weapons handling.

Video report and Photos by Sgt SÃ©bastien FrÃ©chette, Army News, CFB Valcartier

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Posted in Armor, Foreign, Helmets | 13 Comments »

AUSA – Princeton Tec

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Princeton Tec officially launched the new MPLS Charge at AUSA. Powered by a single AA, it offers 60 lumens of light.

As you can see it can be mounted to either side Ops-Core ARC rail simply by flipping it upside down.

In addition to the built-in Rail mount, there is also Standard Helmet clamp as well as a PALS adapter for use with your gear.

While the Charge’s body is available in OD, Tan, or Black, LED configurations (below) are combined with a white light that is not the primary selection. You have to hold down the switch which is a tape switch style, located on the mount portion of the light to select white light. Choices include:

Red
Blue
Green
IR
Red, Blue, IR
Red, Green, IR

www.princetontec.com

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Posted in Helmets, Lights | 7 Comments »

AUSA – Revision Military

Monday, October 10th, 2011

Revision Military’s Batlskin technology is making its US debut at AUSA. Batlskin is a modular, scalable head protective system. It integrates with existing ballistic helmets (ACH) With a front mount that does three things. You can integrate NVGs offering increased stability by using existing holes in the helmet. Additionally, you can use the mount to attach a visor and finally, the mount also accepts a mandible guard. The components can be attached and detached while the helmet is worn allowing you to tailor protection to the threat.

Additionally, Revision has developed a helmet retention system and liner that is optimized for use with the ACH. It can be used to upgrade your current helmet or in conjunction with the full Batlskin Head Protective Sysyem. The liner is a three piece affair which helps with proper pad placement for impactrotection. This means the middle pad can be removed to accommodate headsets.

Revisionmilitary.com/Batlskin

Tags: BATLSKIN, Revision Military
Posted in Armor, Eyepro, Helmets | 2 Comments »

AUSA – Wilcox Industries

Monday, October 10th, 2011

Wilcox Industries has developed a mount for the Mini-N/SEAS night vision monocular manufactured by ITL Optronics to combine two of them into a binocular. While this sample is Black they are also available in Tan.

Here you can see how low the NODs can be stored. It is connected to a Wilcox G24 mount.

www.wilcoxind.com

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Posted in Helmets, Optics | 1 Comment »

Norwegian SF

Monday, September 19th, 2011

We recently mentioned that Norway’s Special Forces are using the Ops-Core FAST Helmet. Here is a photo from Exercise Jackal Stone 2011, hosted by SOCEUR in Constanta, Romania last week.

Thanks Loopster

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Posted in Armor, Helmets | 2 Comments »

Batlskin – Coming Soon from Revision

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

The other day we told you about a new helmet under development for the US Army by Revision Military. Now, we know the internal development has been under the name Batlskinâ„¢ at Revision’s Composite Center of Excellence . Here are a couple of concept drawings to give you an idea of what they are up to.

www.revisionmilitary.com

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Posted in Helmets | 14 Comments »

Norotos Product Briefing

Monday, May 9th, 2011

Norotos Director of Manufacturing Rob Prendergast gave us a great rundown on three products during last week’s Warrior Expo West.

The Universal Shroud fits helmets with one or three holes and can be fitted with a strap for helmets that are not drilled. It also features a low profile as well as a breakaway tether plug.

Adaptable to the PVS 7,14,15,18,21, the Improved Night Vision Goggle Mount is backward compatible to any standard mount out there. Of all three of these products it is the most versatile and most applicable due to its compatibility with a variety of systems and unparallelled adaptability.

Finally, the Dual Dovetail Adapter allows you to rapidly transition the sight from right to left eye or vice versa. It also turns the PVS14 off when in the up position and turns it back on when lowered.

www.norotos.com

Norotos products are available for agency purchase from www.ADSinc.com/Norotos.

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Posted in ADS, Helmets, Optics | 7 Comments »