SOFIC 2016: Iron man suit options
‘Please don’t call it the Iron Man suit,’ pleaded a public affairs official from US Special Operation Command. Unfortunately, that was what everyone is calling it at SOFIC 2016 in Tampa Bay, even in briefings by some of their leadership.
The Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) programme is moving slowly toward an August 2018 milestone to deliver the first suit prototype.
TALOS was initiated in early FY14 by then USSOCOM Commander Adm William McRaven with a focus on protecting the operator.
Now the programme has three primary tenets: comprehensive ballistic protection; increased situational awareness; and both surgical precision and
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