There is interest from the British military to create
suits of armour for assault on enemy vessels. It could create a new
style of combat on land or at sea offering a more effective way of
dealing with pirates at sea.
Gavin Williamson, the Secretary of Defence spoke about the budget allocated to defence. He made an announcement in Portsmouth, England while watching a demonstration by a private technology firm – Gravity.
This company offered a demonstration of a prototype suit that can propel it’s user up to 10 000 feet into the air using a jet engine. Jet engines are not new, but their use this way would be an innovation as never before.
However, this technology is expensive costing about 340 000 GBP or about 450 000 USD per unit. Williamson was keen on sketching out possible scenarios where this technology would offer an advantage over the enemy.
He also talked to the test pilot from Gravity to share insights into the suit and the new possibilities it offers.
U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is the closest of all as far as technology and manufacturing are concerned. They had plans to start testing the exoskeleton suit as soon as possible.
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Gavin Williamson, the Secretary of Defence spoke about the budget allocated to defence. He made an announcement in Portsmouth, England while watching a demonstration by a private technology firm – Gravity.
This company offered a demonstration of a prototype suit that can propel it’s user up to 10 000 feet into the air using a jet engine. Jet engines are not new, but their use this way would be an innovation as never before.
However, this technology is expensive costing about 340 000 GBP or about 450 000 USD per unit. Williamson was keen on sketching out possible scenarios where this technology would offer an advantage over the enemy.
He also talked to the test pilot from Gravity to share insights into the suit and the new possibilities it offers.
“Imagine attacking enemy ships with this suit!” Williamson exclaimed after the demonstration.
Iron
Man’s suit and the idea of re-creating it in real life is not new. The
last five years several different variants have been tried but February
marked a first real success.U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is the closest of all as far as technology and manufacturing are concerned. They had plans to start testing the exoskeleton suit as soon as possible.
Find out more about can we build an Iron Man suit in real life?
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