US Army exosuits that have been created to considerably boost a soldier's strength and speed is likely to be ready for prime time by the year 2016.
According to The Washington Times, Maj. Christopher Orlowski, who runs the project out of the Pentagon's research arm, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, said Monday that prototypes coming out of the Soldier Performance and Equipment Advanced Research facility in Maryland have been promising.
Orlowski said that DARPA planned to test the final prototype in appropriate mission profiles under realistic loads to evaluate performance.
He added that the tests were currently planned for late 2016.
The exosuits will allow the soldiers to lift a 100-pound load with 25 percent less exertion.