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Wall Street Journal: US military turns to Hollywood to outfit the soldier of the future

By Wall Street Journal.
The U.S. Military has recruited Hollywood prop makers and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. Their mission: Build a real Iron Man suit to protect America's elite fighting men and women.
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SAN FERNANDO, Calif. - The Oscar-nominated designers at Legacy Effects have outfitted such memorable movie warriors as The Terminator, RoboCop, Captain America and Iron Man. The special-effects company is now at work on what seems a mission impossible: Building an Iron Man-style suit to protect and propel elite U.S. troops by encasing them in body armor equipped with an agile exoskeleton to enable troops to carry hundreds of pounds of gear.

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US military turns to Hollywood to outfit the soldier of the future.

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