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Army To Explore Industry’s Exoskeleton Technology Offerings

Army To Explore Industry’s Exoskeleton Technology Offerings
Keith Maxwell, Lockheed’s senior product manager for exoskeleton technologies, demonstrates Onyx at the Center for a New American Security. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

The Army is looking to industry for exoskeleton technologies that would assist soldiers with carrying heavy cargo on the battlefield, with plans to hold tests with users in late 2019 or early 2020. Officials from the Combat Capabilities Development Command - Soldier Center (CCDC SC) released a Request for Information on Wednesday soliciting industry white papers for exoskeleton suit technologies that have the potential to improve soldiers ability conducting “high stress, high fatigue” tasks. “The CCDC SC is interested in…

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