Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc (EKSO)

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Jackpot Research Find: http://kitup.military.com/2014/04/socom-lists-iron-man-suit-collaborators.html

"The U.S. military listed off the companies its working with thus far to develop a tactical suit for special operators that is often compared to the suit worn in the Hollywood film Iron Man.

Many of the companies listed on the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) are the usual defense regulars like Boeing, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. There a few other athletic wear companies like Nike and Under Armour. And then there are a few outliers that have left some in the industry scratching their heads like National Public Radio and Red Bull Air Force.

Military leaders to include Adm. William McRaven, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command, have touted the suit as a next generation capability that will change how Special Forces operate. Leaders like McRaven want it to provide troops super human strength, the ability to see through walls and a bulletproof skin, among other capabilities.

“That suit, if done correctly, will yield a revolutionary improvement in survivability and capability for special operators,” McRaven said in February.

Work has started on the suit. SOCOM officials hope to have prototypes by this June and start outfitting special operators by 2018.

Thus far, about 56 defense companies, 16 government agencies, 13 universities and 10 national laboratories are working on the program. Until the release of SOCOM’s new website dedicated to the program. Those companies haven’t been listed. Below is a list of those companies:

Adidas

ADS

AEgis Technologies

Agis

Allen Vanguard

Altamira

Anderson Consulting

Anthro Tronix

Avegant

Azure Summit Technologies

B-temia

Blackbird Technologies

Boeing

CMI

CWS

David Clark

Deep Springs Technology

Design Interactive

Draper Laboratory

Ekso Bionics

EMC2

Global Satellite Engineering

Helios Design Labs

Honeywell

Invisio

IST

Legacy Effects

Linear Labs

Lockheed Martin

Mawashi

Miltech

National Public Radio (NPR)

Nike

Oceanic Safety Systems

Physical Operator Corporation

Protonex

Raytheon

Red Bull Air Force

Revision

RINI Technologies

Robotics Technology Consortium

Rockwell Collins

Sage Cheshire

Select Engineering Services (SES)

Sierra Nevada Corp.

Tampa Energy Solutions

Tandel Systems

Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc.

Thales

Transformair

Under Armor

Vodik Labs

Warwick Mills

Wilcox

Wyle

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