JET PACKS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO A BATTLEFIELD NEAR YOU

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It's 2021, and although I thought by now there would be flying cars, cities on the moon and the ability to teleport from my bed to my couch instead of walking, I guess I'll settle for a jet pack, or as DARPA is calling it, a "Portable Personal Air Mobility System."According to a solicitation first reported by Task Purpose, "These platforms could serve a variety of military missions, enabling cost effective mission utility and agility in areas such as personnel logistics and urban augmented combat."This isn't the first time in recent memory that the U.S. military has considered affixing a rocket or wings to the backs of service members and shooting them into the atmosphere. In 2019, Special Operations Command sought to develop "individual lift devices" and found a partner to make it happen.