While Ops-Core may be new to Norway, the FAST helmet has been a favorite of Special Operations Forces around the world for several years now. It is already used by many elite units in the US, as ...

The Corps is about to kick off a ballistics study between the currently fielded mid-cut enhanced combat helmet, or ECH, and a high cut version like the Ops-Core helmets worn by Marine special ...

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. The Corps’ push for a new helmet for grunts follows ...

The helmet retains all the protection of its predecessor, the Ops-Core Fast Maritime, but weighs 10 percent less, said Tom Short, vice president of ground systems for Gentex.

Military Times notes, however, that the Ops-Core retails for around $1,400 a pop online, which means SOCOM could just grab around 100 Ops-Core helmets to satisfy the contract minimum of $150,000.

U.S. Special Operations Command recently awarded a $95 million contract to Gentex, which oversees Ops-Core, maker of the helmet, according to the government website fbo.gov.

USASOC recently made a $5 million purchase of Ops Core ballistic helmets for their troops, a worthwhile, if expensive, investment at retail price of $882 each.

TCI ANNOUNCES NEW OPS-CORE AND HIGH-CUT TACTICAL HELMET ATTACHMENT KIT FOR LIBERATOR SERIES BTH HEADSETS Sept. 29, 2012 ...

Gentex Corporation’s Ops-Core Adaptive Mission Platform (AMP) communication headset has been selected by the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) as part of the Communication Accessory Suite Land ...

U.S. Special Operations Command awarded a $95 million, five-year contract to the Gentex Corporation to furnish American commandos with both ballistic and non-ballistic versions of its Ops-Core helmet.