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‘Iron Man’ Suit’s Process Important to U.S. Department of Defense |
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MacDill Air Force Base, FL
– The Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit is being designed to give
protection and capabilities to U.S. special operators, but the process
of designing it may be as revolutionary as the suit itself, said U.S.
Special Operations Command officials.
TALOS started 18 months ago, after incidents downrange caused SOCOM to take a hard look at how special operators are outfitted.
“We’ve put a lot of great
technology on the battlefield, but have we really taken a step back and
taken a clean sheet and said for the next five, 10, 15 years do we need
what we’ve got now, or do are there other game-changing technologies we
can incorporate?” James Geurts, Socom’s acquisition executive, said
during a recent interview. Geurts said there are
two fundamental reasons for the TALOS program. The first is the most
obvious — DoD needs to examine new ways to protect and enable special
operations service members.
“It’s not just body armor; it’s all the things that go into that,” he said.
This includes sensors,
heads-up displays, an exoskeleton to reduce the load special operators
carry, medical sensors, and much, much more. Read more...
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