SOCOM Tests Sarcos Exoskeleton (No, It Isn’t ‘Iron Man’)
Sorry, you won't be punching aliens in the face. But loading 200-pound missiles onto a helicopter by yourself? That's plenty useful.
SOCOM Builds Iron Man, Piece By Piece
WASHINGTON: Despite the hype, the US Special Operations Command won’t issue Iron Man-style armor to its troops any time soon. But that’s not the standard by which to assess the success or failure of SOCOM’s much vaunted Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit initiative, the command’s chief weapons buyer says. The value of TALOS lies at least […]
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How TAK gives the US military an advantage at the Edge
“Tactical operating system” for warfighters has evolved to provide more situational awareness of the battlefield.
SOCOM’s Iron Man Suit Sees ‘Astounding’ Progress: Adm. McRaven
WASHINGTON: Special operations types — like those who found and killed Osama bin Laden –may stand tall and do amazing things sometimes, but they tend to be fairly plain spoken. You rarely hear them say something is “astounding,” especially a new weapon. For example, one special operator recently awarded the Silver Star said he would […]
SOCOM Wants YOU To Help Build High-Tech ‘Iron Man’ Armor
US special operators are notoriously low-profile “silent professionals.” But lately the Internet’s been abuzz over Special Operations Command’s effort to build a high-tech suit of bulletproof armor – TALOS, the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit – that the normally understated chief of SOCOM, Adm. William McRaven, actually compared to the metal-clad superhero Iron Man. Make […]