What Future Soldiers May Be Wearing

Future Soldiers May Be Wearing 'Iron Man' Suits -- CNN

Salt Lake City, Utah (CNN) -- A lunchtime crowd is gathering beside the parking lot at Raytheon Sarcos, the defense contractor, on a recent day in Salt Lake City. White-collar workers from nearby office parks stand with their yogurt cups and sandwiches, watching with quiet awe as a man in a metal suit -- sort of half-man, half-robot -- performs superhuman feats of strength.

This may be the closest these people will get to a real-life "Iron Man," the character from the comic books and hit movies.

Inside a prosthetic shell of metal and hydraulics, Raytheon test engineer Rex Jameson is putting an XOS-2 exoskeleton through its paces.

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My Comment: I have posted on this technology a few times before .... and the same problem persists. The energy that is needed to power this technology is not available/feasible on the battlefield for now.