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Introducing Juggernaut Defense, LLC

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Juggernaut Defense, LLC

Specializing in soldier-borne equipment design & engineering, Juggernaut Defense, LLC is a full-spectrum design consultancy dedicated to the military, law-enforcement, and public safety communities. Since 2000, Juggernaut Defense has been involved in many successful programs which have provided superior survivability, communication, and lethality systems to Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, and Special Operators fighting in both OIF and OEF. Juggernaut Defense (located in Scottsdale, Arizona) was spun off by Chris Stalzer in November 2008 from Juggernaut Design to focus its business toward government and military design problems.

Check out their website to learn about some of the projects they have already completed. www.juggdef.com

HULC at AUSA

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

Defense News put out a great article on the new Human Universal Load Carrier (HULC) exoskeleton from Berkely Bionics and Lockheed Martin. The HULC is designed to carry up to 200 lbs and assist the wearer with sprints of up to 10 miles an hour. Currently designed to accommodate Soldiers from 5’4″ to 6’2″ the HULC can be removed in 30 seconds and on a single charge its batteries run for 6 miles at a continuous rate of 3 miles per hour.

Big Dog Quadraped Robot

Friday, February 27th, 2009

From the Benning Report comes this look at the latest incarnation of the Legged Squad Support System (LS3) technology which was transitioned from DARPA. Manufactured by Boston Dynamics, the 220 lbs robot is designed to accompany foot Soldiers in the most arduous of terrain to bear heavy loads. The Big Dog can kneel and follow Soldiers across terrain by “feeling” the ground through sensors built into its legs.