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2010-07-18 Science & Technology

Army to Evaluate HULC Robotic Load Bearing Exoskeleton

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Posted by tipper 2010-07-18 16:28|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 I saw this thing as SOFEX. It looked to me as a usefull tool for the ARTY guys who hump heavy ammo. Once the technology gets better it will work for other bracnches.

Posted by 49 Pan 2010-07-18 17:45|| 2010-07-18 17:45|| Front Page Top

#2 That's how Skynet got started...

Srsly

Posted by badanov 2010-07-18 17:48|| 2010-07-18 17:48|| Front Page Top

#3 It cracks me up that this is being sold as a combat enhancement. The reality is that this equipment would be far more mission important in the rear area and logistics transportation.

For instance, if you have a whole lot of 50-100lb boxes of critical combat materials that need to be loaded on a truck, you can either have a team of four men exhaust and maybe injure themselves, or in probably half the time or less, a couple of men could load the cargo and the truck could be on its way.

And what if they need to load 10 trucks? Gulf War I was won with a massive logistic movement across the Saudi desert, that amazed about everyone, and caught the enemy off guard.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-07-18 18:31|| 2010-07-18 18:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Sniff, sniff, for dat KINDLER, GENTLER, "STAR WARS" STORM-TROOPER NUKE-POWERED ARMOR SUIT + COMBAT LASERS.

HUMAN "WALKING NUCLEAR [mini]BOMB".

PREDATOR [Alien]???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-07-18 19:21|| 2010-07-18 19:21|| Front Page Top

#5 I would like to see something along the lines of a Galtech ACS from Ringo's Legacy of the Aldenata series.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2010-07-18 19:39|| 2010-07-18 19:39|| Front Page Top

#6 One step at at a time.

Posted by lotp 2010-07-18 20:39|| 2010-07-18 20:39|| Front Page Top

#7 ION WMF > A CLOUD FLIES OVER THE AFGHAN [AFPAK] HIGHLANDS: NORTHRUP GRUMMAN TO BUILD HIGH TECH/NT, LEMV HYBRID CONTROL AIRSHIP FOR THE US ARMY + USDOD.

UAV Recce.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-07-18 23:02|| 2010-07-18 23:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Moose, At SOFEX it was being marketed as log support tool.

Posted by 49 Pan 2010-07-18 23:21|| 2010-07-18 23:21|| Front Page Top

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