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Lockheed Martin Testing Exoskeleton System With Army

Lockheed Martin Testing Exoskeleton System With Army
Keith Maxwell, Lockheed’s senior product manager for exoskeleton technologies, demonstrates Onyx at the Center for a New American Security. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has been selected to provide its artificial intelligence-enhanced exoskeleton for Army testing, as the service looks for a next-generation capability to lift the burden from soldiers of carrying heavy cargo over longer distances.Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) awarded Lockheed a $6.9 million Other Transaction Authority in September to demonstrate its Onyx exoskeleton with soldiers over the next two years, the company announced Thursday.The contract announcement arrived on the same day the Center for…

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