Zdero Hedge: DARPA Wants Jetpack Soldiers On Modern Battlefield#FunFactFriday - The Royal Navy has been testing Jet Suit assault teams to determine if the Iron Man-like suits could be used to rapidly swarm and board ships. U.S. Special Operations Command is also evaluating a jetpack that can reach speeds of more than 200 mph. pic.twitter.com/mo5FoGWkDu
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Jet suits are commonly associated with science fiction movies or shows, but high-tech miniature turbine engines have quickly advanced this new type of mobility to become a reality.
Now Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is searching for an Iron Man-style jet suit as per its new solicitation on website Sam.Gov (System for Award Management). DARPA is calling on private industry to deliver jet suits or "Portable Personal Air Mobility System."
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WNU Editor: I have always wanted a jet pack after seeing James Bond flying around in one (see below). It looks like half a century later, it may become possible.
5 comments:
That is freakin cool..
How do you shoot back if you are under attack whilst flying over and trying to board??
Seems to me, the flaw in this is that it leaves you pretty defenceless.
Otherwise that is super cool tech
Fahrenheit 451 and Jonny Quest. Someone at Sandia flew the Jet pack a lot.
What a world
how about fixing the covid medical tyranny first, darpa? ?
I would imagine hover tech like in drones or auto pilot as in planes only much slower would open a wide range of options while hands free to suppress ground fire while units land
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