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Revision Military To Refine Army Next-Gen Helmet

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, January 9th, 2014

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Revision Military To Refine Army Next-Gen Helmet

IHPS-SPS Next-Gen helmet Photo: Revision Military

Privately-held Revision Military said it has a contract with a potential total value of $15 million for Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier’s Integrated Head Protection System (IHPS) Soldier Protective System (SPS). The two- year development-to-acquisition program is to refine the Army’s next generation helmet system with an initial value of $783,000 with additional options, the company said Jan. 9. PEO Soldier’s intent for this program is to conduct iterative human factors testing leading to ballistic and non-ballistic testing and the…

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