Russia has modernized 35 brigades (over 80,000 soldiers) active military combat personnel with new body armor and weapons. Russia calls this equipment Ratnik-2. Russia is promising to develop Ratnik-3 ...

Last year, Williams learned about EksoBionics exoskeleton technology and began training with a physical therapist through a ...

China has joined the Great Exoskeleton Arms Race. With America and Russia developing exoskeletons—essentially the powered armor suits depicted in science fiction and superhero films like Starship ...

In 1959, Robert A. Heinlein published his iconic sci-fi military epic Starship Troopers, popularizing the concept of exoskeleton body armor that allows soldiers to carry more and move further and ...

Russian state-owned defense corporation Rostec has released footage of a brand-new combat exoskeleton for assault operations in action. The video footage, published by Rostec on Monday, shows a ...

If the U.S. Army has its way, the soldiers of the future will use powered exoskeletons to carry heavier loads on the battlefield without getting tired. That’s according to a new story in Reuters about ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: China may discover that Iron Man suits work better on film than they do in reality, where hurdles such as ensuring sufficient battery power limit the utility of ...

QUANTICO, Virginia -- Marines who spend much of their day lifting hefty ammunition or moving pallets full of gear could soon get a helping hand. The Marine Corps is close to signing a deal to test an ...

A man wears a working sample of a passive exoskeleton combat gear, next to a mannequin dressed in a prototype of an active exoskeleton combat gear.AP Russia has tested a battlefield exoskeleton that ...

Russia has tested a battlefield exoskeleton that will turn its soldiers into an army of Iron Men. The battery-powered “Robocop” suits allow squaddies to fire machine guns one-handed with computer ...