DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

THE NATION’S COMBAT LOGISTICS SUPPORT AGENCY

WARFIGHTER FIRST

DLA Troop Support

Clothing & Textiles

Ballistic Helmets

Raymond Jacquette IST Supervisor, Safety Team
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Product Line Overview

• Safety Team Stats

- Overall manage approx. 900 different items

- Items include:

• Ballistic Helmets and components (Retention Systems, Pad Systems, Covers)

• Flyers Helmets and components (Chin Straps, Visors)

• Anti-G Garments

• Anti-Exposure Garments

- Sales

• FY 19 - $79.0M

• FY 18 - $79.1M

• FY 17 - $88.0M
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Upcoming Opportunities

• Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH) Gen II:

- Issue Solicitation 1st Qtr FY ‘20

- Project 2 Awards 60/40% split

- Base and 4 one-year options

- Pre-proposal conference after issuance of solicitation. Date TBD

- Product Demonstration Models (PDMs) will be required

• Advanced Combat Vehicle Crewman (ACVC) Helmet

- Possible Solicitation FY ‘20 2nd or 3rd Qtr

• Boltless Retention System

- Mandatory Source Procurement 
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Team POCs

• Michael Medora: Division Chief 

- michael.medora@dla.mil

- 215-737-3274

• Ray Jacquette: IST Supervisor

- raymond.Jacquette@dla.mil

- 215-737-8079

• Dan Price: Contracting Officer

- daniel.price@dla.mil

- 215-737-8101

• Contract Specialists:

- Mara Cremen: mara.cremen@dla.mil 215-737-8094

- Lisa Pizzo: lisa.pizzo@dla.mil215-737-8076 

- Bob Rounay: robert.rounay@dla.mil 215-737-7123

- Ed Klos: edward.klos@dla.mil 215-737-8105

- David Falkowski: david.falkowski@dla.mil 215-737-5395 
WARFIGHTER FIRST
Product Manger

Soldier Protective Equipment

Product Manager

Soldier Protective Equipment

Every Ounce Matters, Every Bullet Counts

LTC Ginger L. Whitehead

Product Manager

Soldier Protective Equipment

Cary V. Ferguson 

Deputy Product Manager 

Soldier Protective Equipment

Product Manager Soldier Protective Equipment (PM SPE)

Ballistic Helmets Update

for the

Joint Advanced Planning Brief to Industry

7 November 2019
Mission

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To increase the Warfighter’s lethality and mobility by 

optimizing Soldier protection and effectively serving as the life 

cycle manager for all personal protective equipment.
Next Generation Integrated 

Head Protection System (NG IHPS)

PE Film / Next Generation Integrated Head Protection System (NG IHPS) Description: A modular helmet system consisting of a retention 

system, suspension system, maxillofacial protective system, hearing protection, and Night Vision Device (NVD) bracket. Facial and mandibular 

protection levels can be added or removed based on mission requirements. The NG Integrated Helmet Protection System (IHPS) provides 

improved fragmentation, ballistic, and impact protection while reducing the weight and improving fit over the Advanced Combat Helmet/Enhanced 

Combat Helmet and provides improved ballistic protection over the IHPS. 

Goals:

 Threat P protection without the need for a Ballistic Applique (BA) at the same weight or lighter than the current IHPS base configuration

 Maintain same geometry the current generation IHPS and ensure compatibility with all current IHPS components

 Remove NVG bolt hole and integrate with the universal Helmet Mount Assembly

Projected Schedule: 

 3QFY20: Issue NG IHPSSolicitation

 1QFY21: Award NG IHPS contract

 3QFY21: Approve NG IHPS FAT/Start Production

 1QFY22: Begin NG IHPS deliveries

Contract Strategy:

 Five (5) Year IDIQ Contracts

 Anticipate awarding production contracts to two (2) Vendors

 On-Ramp Strategy: base contracts may be awarded to vendors upon approval of proposal and successful source selection test data 

 Government will exercise Fair Opportunity procedures in the contracts to award delivery orders

 Contracts will include CLINs for DLA, Rapid Fielding Initiative Requirements, and other Services

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