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The U.S. Military's 'Iron Man' Suits Will Soon Be Ready For Testing

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/6TY--KxDSQ8" width="420"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Military's 'Iron Man' Suit May Be Ready to Test This Summer -- Yahoo News/Live Science</b></span></div><br />The first prototypes of a high-tech suit of armor to give soldiers superhuman abilities could be ready to test this summer, according to top military officials. The suits, which have drawn comparisons to the one worn by Marvel Comics superhero "Iron Man," could be delivered to special operations forces as early as June.<br /><br />The Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit, or TALOS, is being developed by engineers at MIT; the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM); and researchers at other businesses and academic institutions. Prototypes of the suit, which is designed to provide protection from bullets and is equipped with a variety of sensors and cameras, are being assembled and could be ready for the military to test in June, reported Military.com.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/military-39-39-iron-man-39-suit-may-141715486.html">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> This technology is way overdue. Expect even more developments in the next few years.

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Military's 'Iron Man' Suit May Be Ready to Test This Summer -- Yahoo News/Live Science The first prototypes of a high-tech suit ...

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<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class=""><span style="color: yellow;"><b><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 06, 2013 - UNITED STATES </span></b></b></span>- While some may view the Mark series of suits in the <i>Iron Man</i> comics and movies as science fiction, the Pentagon sees a real-world goal.<br /><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2OfUYqr3ZBQ/Uno2jg6HMEI/AAAAAAABNJ0/6tEPD2j2wl0/s1600/ironman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2OfUYqr3ZBQ/Uno2jg6HMEI/AAAAAAABNJ0/6tEPD2j2wl0/s1600/ironman.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Iron Man 3, </i>Photograph by Walt Disney Pictures via Everett Collection</td></tr></tbody></table><br />A  program to incorporate several technologies in a futuristic suit for  U.S. special operations forces has started soliciting technical <a href="https://www.fbo.gov/utils/view?id=ea9a21b1d93cdcb4688efce825ca63b3">designs</a> to help deploy the first one as soon as next year. The aim of the  Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (Talos) is to give special ops  fighters greater protection inside armor that can withstand bullets, all  while downloading live video data from drones and other sources. The  suit would have a powered exoskeleton that could help a soldier move  quickly while carrying heavy weight. “It also would carry a built-in  oxygen supply in case of poison gas, a cooling system to keep soldiers  comfortable, and sensors to <a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ironman-military-20131030,0,2263878.story#axzz2jEerKPDU">transmit the wearer’s vital signs</a> back to headquarters,” according to a report in the <i>Los Angeles Times</i>.<br /><br />The  suit won’t imitate the movies in one critical way, at least for many,  many years: There will be no zooming around the globe at jet speeds.  Flight is a fanciful, Herculean technical hurdle, and isn’t core to the  suit’s primary goals. A more practical challenge shared with the  fictional Tony Stark is perfecting the proper battery to power such a  suit, given the perennial conflict between size and weight and the need  to keep the suit flexible and not burdensome.<br /><br />The project is being overseen by the U.S. Special Operations Command,  based at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. Unlike a traditional defense  contracting program, the Special Operations Command is gathering  technologies required for the project and will itself integrate them  into a final suit prototype. A second demonstration of various  components for the suit is scheduled for Nov. 20, roughly four months  after the initial session in Tampa. About 60 products have been  submitted so far, although no funds have been allotted to any company,  said Lieutenant Commander Li Cohen. The first fighters assigned to the  suits will likely be on “kinetic missions,” she said, where there’s a  high probability of combat and weapons fire.<br /><br />The program is on  track to have a “first-generation capability” by summer 2014, according  to a video produced by the command. “I am very committed to this because  I’d like that last operator that we lost to be the last one that we  ever lose, in this fight or in the fight of the future,” Admiral William  McRaven, who leads the Special Operations Command, says in the video.<br /><br />The program has attracted interest from dozens of mostly smaller firms, although <span class="ticker_wrap"><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Corporation"><span itemprop="name">Raytheon</span></span> (<a class="ticker" data-symbol="RTN" href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=RTN">RTN</a>)</span> is one of the larger Pentagon contractors that’s expressed interest in  Talos and similar efforts. The company declined to comment because the  work is competitive. One technology that Raytheon has been working on  for several years is an exoskeleton system that would allow a soldier to  move heavy weights.<br /><br />Clark Gregg, the agent who plays Agent Phil Coulson in the <i>Iron Man</i> and <i>Avengers</i> movies and on the <span class="ticker_wrap"><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Corporation"><span itemprop="name">ABC</span></span> (<a class="ticker" data-symbol="DIS" href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=DIS">DIS</a>)</span> television show <i>S.H.I.E.L.D.</i>, visited Raytheon’s research facility in Utah in 2010 to observe and test the exoskeleton. Raytheon posted a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVIE33tMyQM">video</a> on its YouTube channel. Consider it a teaser trailer of sorts.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: lime;"><b>WATCH:</b></span>  'Iron Man' Actor Clark Gregg Spends a Day With the Raytheon Sarcos XOS 2 Exoskeleton.  <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="321" src="https://www.youtube.com/v/tVIE33tMyQM?showinfo=0&version=3" width="570"></iframe></div><br /><br /><br />- <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-04/u-dot-s-dot-special-ops-seeks-designs-for-iron-man-type-suit-flight-not-necessary"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Business Week</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

November 06, 2013 - UNITED STATES - While some may view the Mark series of suits in the Iron Man comics and movies as science fiction, the ...

The U.S. Military's 'Iron Man' Suits Will Soon Be Ready For Testing

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