Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SEATTLE (AP) — The NFL says the first position-specific helmet created for its players represents a major step in helmet ...

Since 2012 the NFL has been running simulations to test helmets, which manufacturers submit to on a voluntary basis. Researchers on contract with the NFL mount the helmet to a dummy head (outfitted ...

A. The NFL Helmet Challenge is an innovation challenge that aims to stimulate the development by experts, innovators and helmet manufacturers of a new helmet for NFL players that outperforms, based on ...

The hits just keep coming, and that’s by design. At the Virginia Tech Helmet testing labs, teams simulate impacts for all kinds of sports. “We put the helmets on a dummy head and we impact him in ...