Exoskeleton Moving Closer To The Field -- Kitup/Military.com
The Army announced yesterday it has awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.1 million contract to field a few test articles of the Human Universal Load Carrier, or HULC.
Natick Soldier Systems center said in a July 14 release that it had made the award to explore the potential of the HULC for future battlefields.
Researchers at Natick Soldier Center will evaluate how the HULC affects Soldiers’ performance. Additionally, biomechanical testing will measure the energy expended by a Soldier when using the HULC. The laboratory testing will also assess how quickly users learn to use the HULC system when carrying various loads and moving at various speeds. The contract includes options for field trials to test the system’s utility in operational environments.
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