CNN.com - Wired, lightweight and ready to kill - Jun. 4, 2003 Future soldier to have massive network
Wednesday, June 4, 2003 Posted: 10:15 AM EDT (1415 GMT)
This photo shows the 'Scorpion ensemble' future battle dress being developed at the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Dennis Birch compares the U.S. soldier to a Christmas tree: Whenever improvements in technology help lighten a soldier's load, someone else wants to hang on a new piece of gear like an ornament.
The result is "100 pounds of great ideas hanging off him in all different directions," Birch said.
So in its prototype for a high-tech uniform of the future, researchers at the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Massachusetts, have shaken all gear from the soldier and started from scratch.
Wednesday, June 4, 2003 Posted: 10:15 AM EDT (1415 GMT)
This photo shows the 'Scorpion ensemble' future battle dress being developed at the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Dennis Birch compares the U.S. soldier to a Christmas tree: Whenever improvements in technology help lighten a soldier's load, someone else wants to hang on a new piece of gear like an ornament.
The result is "100 pounds of great ideas hanging off him in all different directions," Birch said.
So in its prototype for a high-tech uniform of the future, researchers at the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Massachusetts, have shaken all gear from the soldier and started from scratch.
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