Advanced Combat Helmet

Advanced Combat Helmet
ACH side view
Type	Combat helmet
Place of origin	United States of America
Service history
In service	2003-present
Used by	See Users
Wars	In U.S service: Global War on Terrorism War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Iraq War American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war In non-US service: Mexican drug war
Production history
Designer	U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center
Manufacturer	ArmorSource Gentex MKU[1]
Variants	Generation II Lightweight Advanced Combat Helmet

The Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH) is the United States Army's current combat helmet, used since the early 2000s. It was developed by the United States Army Soldier Systems Center,^[2] the U.S. Army Special Operations Command,^[3] and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory^[4] to be the next generation of protective combat helmets for use by the American ground forces. The ACH is derived from the Modular Integrated Communications Helmet.^[5]

The ACH is currently in the process of being phased out and replaced by the Enhanced Combat Helmet (ECH), an improvement upon the ACH derived from its design; however, both the ACH and the newer ECH are being replaced by the Integrated Head Protection System.