Next-Gen FAST SF Helmet - lighter, tougher, more comfortable

Announced at SOF Week 2025, the next-generation OPS-CORE FAST SF Helmet System establishes a new benchmark for lightweight ballistic protection, enhanced comfort, and uncompromising integration capabilities for elite forces.

The new FAST SF Helmet System incorporates the following major advancements to its sub-systems:

• Lighter System Weight: This system achieves the same ballistic performance as the legacy FAST SF helmet system, while reducing system weight by 10-15% (depending on size). The new ballistic shell boasts a thinner, lighter design for enhanced wearability - offering ballistic protection with the weight and comfort of a bump helmet.
• Universal LockDown Liner System: A universal suspension solution backward compatible with all FAST Helmet Systems that enhances comfort, airflow, and stability for heavy VAS and NVG setups. Featuring LockDown Fit Shims and a Cable Occ-Dial with a conformal nape pad, this liner ensures a secure, customizable fit for any head shape, eliminating interference with communications headbands and delivering unmatched performance in the most demanding conditions.
• Versatile Head-Loc Flex Retention System: Featuring a convertible chin cup design, the Head-Loc Flex retention system can be worn over or under the chin, offering unprecedented user flexibility. Optimized buckles and sliders improve usability and eliminate the need for mask extenders in most cases. The patented OPS-CORE Head-Loc sliders continue to provide one-handed adjustment.

Designed with the end-user in mind at all times, the next-generation FAST SF Helmet System represents a significant step forward in head-borne protection. This lighter, more comfortable, and ultimately, more effective solution underscores OPS-CORE’s ongoing commitment to providing cutting-edge protection for those that demand the absolute best. With the new FAST SF Helmet System, OPS-CORE builds on its position as the exclusive provider of USSOCOM’s FTHS helmet system, delivering unmatched performance, uncompromising protection, and a proven record of accomplishment that elite forces rely on at the tip of the spear.

To find out all about the next-generation OPS-CORE FAST SF Helmet System, follow this link. And be sure to visit OPS-CORE this week at SOF SELECT, May 6-8, in Tampa.