Portable Power Pack Competition
Battery packs apear to be the Achilles tendon of today’s warrior. Today soldiers carry with them all sorts of electronics , radios, GPS, computers and these require batteries to power them.
These battery packs are heavy and affect the mobility of troops. Currently troops in Iraq claim that they are unable to pursue insurgents due to limitations placed on them by their heavy gear
So bad is the situation that the Military is offering a $1 Million prize to any individual(s) who can develop a portable power source.
Inventors across the country are being asked to find a way to lighten the load U.S. soldiers carry on their backs — largely due to the high-tech gear that uses batteries — and the solution will be decided in a $1 million contest.
The military wants to lighten the load troops carry into combat.
The Department of Defense is asking a person or team to come up with a way to lessen the weight of the 20-40 pounds of batteries a solider carries on a typical four-day mission. The batteries power everything from soldiers’ GPS systems to their night-vision goggles.
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