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Clark Gregg may not have have worn the suit in Iron Man 2, but in this video Gregg tries on Raytheon's XOS 2 exoskeleton — it's more or less a battlefield version of Ripley's power loader. More »
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The terms "U.S. Marines" and "non-lethal" seem pretty antithetical to each other, but the Leathernecks are close putting in an order for Raytheon's Silent Guardian millimeter wave defense system. As far as non-lethal weapons go, this one's pretty hardcore - it slowly cooks you from the inside. But they swear it will stop before it does any "permanent damage." More »
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U.S. military troops won't have to wait decades for useful exoskeleton robo-suits. According to the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center (SSC), development plans are on track to deploy the suits in a few years. Which soldiers will get the suits, and what roles will our cyborg supersoldiers play? More »
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Here are your science headlines for this lovely Monday morning. Let's start with a little global healing from your pals at Raytheon, the company best know for making the Phalanx (pictured at left), surveillance devices, and reconnaissance gadgets. Apparently the Green Building Council has awarded Raytheon's new Wartime Protection Center in Alabama a "silver" badge of approval for environmentally-sound building practices. That makes it the first green facility in all of Alabama. More »
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