19 April 2006, 9:54 AM
Well the thing with powered battle armor is that if the Future Force Warrior or Objective Force Warrior project (present results are the Land Warrior systems) manages to achieve its goals for military it both will kind of be, and kind of not be happening. The project doesn't add a powered frame, instead intending to have a support robot carry additional gear, they do however have integrated powered systems for other things like A/C systems.
Article on it.
Another, which also tells you about where DARPA is in regards to the powered frame. Basically they demand 72 hours operation, and they aren't quite there yet for a powered frame due to limitations on the power supply. Give it a decade or so, especially if they go through with installing charging systems in the line vehicles and we may or may not see them actually fielded.
There's a lot of interesting stuff going on right now in regards to that and the Future Combat Systems project.
Article on it.
Another, which also tells you about where DARPA is in regards to the powered frame. Basically they demand 72 hours operation, and they aren't quite there yet for a powered frame due to limitations on the power supply. Give it a decade or so, especially if they go through with installing charging systems in the line vehicles and we may or may not see them actually fielded.
There's a lot of interesting stuff going on right now in regards to that and the Future Combat Systems project.