USSOCOM Needs Battle Suit with Cooling, Embedded Computers, and Sensors

摘要

US military researchers are asking industry for ideas on a futuristic uniform for Special Operations soldiers that involves agile air-conditioned armour with embedded computers, sensors, communications radios and antennas, signal processors, wearable displays, and health-monitoring tools. Officials of US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) at MacDill Air Force Base, FL, recently issued a broad agency announcement for technologies for a tactical assault light operator suit (TALOS) for Special Operations Forces (SOF). The goal is to integrate technologies from research projects focused on far-ridgeline capabilities into a battle suit to protect future SOF soldiers. Key issues involve technology tradeoffs between size, weight, protection, power, mobility, cost, and systems integration.