Iron man bientôt intégré à l'armée américaine? Voici TALOS

Il arrive parfois que l'armée américaine ouvre un peu la porte pour permettre de découvrir quelques projets. Il semble qu'on soit bientôt en mesure d'intégrer au matériel militaire une armure qu'on surnomme régulièrement "Iron man".  Les images qui coiffent ce billet ne sont pas celles de l'armée américaine puisque nous ne savons pas encore à quoi ressemblera ce "soldat du futur".

 "Unlike Hollywood's, the suit won't give its operator the ability to fly, but the real-life body armor may have one leg up on the fictional version: The military's suit will be made of liquid armor that can solidify on command.

Fitted with the protective gear -- the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit, or TALOS -- troops would be more lethal and better protected, particularly the vulnerable first soldier to breach a compound.

An amalgam of academics, defense industry types and Pentagon personnel are trying to fine-tune the battery-powered exoskeleton, which would reduce strain on the body, provide superior ballistic protection and in-helmet technologies to boost communications and visibility.

"This is a program that we started after we lost an operator on a mission. The first guy coming into a particular building was engaged and unfortunately was mortally wounded. And in the wake of that, we asked ourselves, 'Couldn't we do better in terms of protecting him, of giving him a better advantage when he's at the most vulnerable point that we put our operators?'" said Gen. Joseph Votel, head of U.S. Special Operations Command. Votel took over the TALOS program launched by his predecessor, Adm. William McRaven."

  http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/06/politics/special-operations-iron-man-talos-suit/index.html