An Army prototype helmet would give Bradley Fighting Vehicle drivers a true view of the battlefield during closed-hatch ops for the first time in the vehicle's history. (Winifred Brown/Army) Fighter ...
Twelve years ago, Stefan Duma, a Virginia Tech engineering professor, left a U.S. military conference in Puerto Rico with an idea to better understand and treat the head injuries sustained by college ...
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Army News Service, Sept. 1, 2009) -- For the past year, almost 7,000 sensors mounted on helmets in Iraq and Afghanistan have been collecting data on blast trauma from improvised ...
Traumatic brain injuries resulting from high-speed impacts and explosions accounted for nearly 30% of serious battlefield injuries in the United States’ two most recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, ...
Many athletes, from football players to equestrians, rely on helmets to protect their heads from impacts or falls. However, a loose or improperly fitted helmet could leave them vulnerable to traumatic ...
Some big changes are coming to high school football this season. The football players on more than a dozen local teams will be wearing a new piece of technology. One local team made the switch last ...