DefenceTalkThe U.S. Special Operations Command is using unprecedented outreach and collaboration to develop something special with revolutionary capabilities. The Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit, or TALOS, is the vision of Navy Adm. William H. McRaven, SOCOM’s commander. He challenged industry and defense representatives at a SOCOM conference in May 2013 to come up with the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/special-operations-command-leads-development-of-iron-man-suit-59577/

DefenceTalkU.S. Special Operations Command wants its operators to be protected with what it informally calls an Iron Man suit, named after the fictional superhero. In September, U.S. Special Operations Command, known as SOCOM, made a Broad Agency Announcement for proposals for prototypes of the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit, or TALOS. The goal of TALOS […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iron-man-style-suit-in-early-stages-of-development-49428/

DefenceTalkArmy researchers are responding to a request from the U.S. Special Operations Command for technologies to help develop a revolutionary Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit. The Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit, or TALOS, is an advanced infantry uniform that promises to provide superhuman strength with greater ballistic protection. Using wide-area networking and on-board computers, operators […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-explores-futuristic-uniform-for-socom-47943/

DefenceTalkU.S. Special Operations Command is working to take the improved capabilities and processes it has established over the past decade of conflict and build on them for the future, a senior Socom commander told special operators and industry representatives here. Army Lt. Gen Joseph L. Votel, commander of Joint Special Operations Command, noted vast adaptations […]https://www.defencetalk.com/socom-strives-to-preserve-build-on-capabilities-for-future-47812/