Mike Dennis Jude Dennis - Oregon Aero

Ballistic Helmet Upgrade Kits
Shock Loads Reduced
Peak Headform Acceleration (G)
Average of Peak G Impact Performance
at 3 m/sec (~10ft/sec)
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
276.8
188.37
73.5
PASGT USMC LWH PASGT USMC LWH MICH/ACH
Standard Original w/Oregon Aero ® w/Oregon Aero ® w/Oregon Aero ®
Helmet impact tests conducted by two independent, certified laboratories
Issue Issue Pads
Pads
Pads
to
modified 49 CFR 571.218 per U.S. Military instructions. The Abbreviated
Injury Scale (AIS) is an anatomical scoring system first introduced in 1969.
Since then, it has been revised and updated against survival so that it now
provides a reasonably accurate way of ranking the severity of injury. The
latest incarnation of the AIS score is the 1990 revision. The AIS is monitored
by a scaling committee of the Association for the Advancement of
Automotive Medicine.
77.25
Unsurvivable
Minor Injury
64.27
Weight, Buoyancy Testing
All types of ballistic helmets with Oregon Aero ®
Helmet Pads are positively buoyant, making them safer
in amphibious and water-fording situations.
SAFER HELMETS — Oregon Aero ® Ballistic Helmet Liner Pads
provide superior shock absorption and are pain-free, moisture
and waterproof, gas and air permeable, self-wicking, and
positively buoyant. The patented pads were developed for the
U.S. Army Special Operations MICH helmet. See more test data at
OregonAero.com.
Additional Testing
The Oregon Aero ® BLSS ® Kit padding also has undergone
and passed testing for the following conditions:
• Submersion in 66' of saltwater
• Exposure to fuels, oils, insect repellent, camouflage
face paint
• Gas mask and Night Vision goggle use
• Temperatures of -60°F to +160°F
The Marine
Combat Vehicle
Crewman (CVC)
Helmet can be
made painless and
safer with Oregon
Aero ® Helmet
Liner Pads.
POSITIVELY BUOYANT — All items of the Helmet Upgrades were
weighed and charted separately. Systems were submerged in sweet
water and tested side-by-side. The Oregon Aero ® upgraded helmet
is positively buoyant (at right); the PASGT helmet is negatively
buoyant (at left). Oregon Aero ® Pads are positively buoyant in all
helmet types.
What Looks Simple —
Isn’t!
Many Oregon Aero products look simple but actually
require complex design and manufacturing processes.
Creating the patented Oregon Aero ® Ballistic Helmet Liner
Pads demands precise engineering of multiple components.
Each one of the visco-elastic Pads requires 55 individual components
and 27 separate manufacturing steps.
The liner pads and our four-point chin
strap/harness and integrated nape pad
are available for most helmet styles,
including the ACH, LWH, PASGT,
MICH, RBR and others.
27 STEPS — Drums are loaded and material mixed to create the proprietary
gas and air permeable, yet moisture and waterproof coating applied to
each Helmet Liner Pad. The material is kept at a constant temperature
and humidity. Each Oregon Aero ® Helmet Liner Pad goes through 27
manufacturing steps.
The Ultimate in Helmet Comfort and Safety
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