In February Lockheed Martin unveiled a new exoskeleton for use by soldiers to assist with carrying the heavy loads they are often required to carry and that contributes many injuries. It is called the Human Universal Load Carrier (HULC); cool name, eh? I don't know if it has actually been fielded to soldiers yet or what the governments plans are in purchasing the units. Here are some links.
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/19433/?a=f
http://news.google.com/news?um=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=lockheed+exoskeleton+technology
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