Jet Suit tested at NATO exercise

In Slovenia, the Jet Suit was tested during NATO exercises. According to the scenario, the injured soldier required emergency medical assistance.

This was reported in the press service of the Gravity Industries company, which created this device. The firm published a video of the tests on its YouTube channel.

The task of the jetpack pilot was to urgently deliver blood plasma to the wounded soldier. The situation is complicated by the fact that all this takes place in a remote mountainous area. The pilot, maneuvering over the path, quickly flew to the conditional victim. If this had actually happened, then perhaps the rapid delivery of plasma would have saved the soldier's life.

The company said that a jet engine with a capacity of more than one thousand horsepower is installed on the Jet Suit. When creating the device, the developers took into account the peculiarities of the natural balance of the human body.

And while the jet suit is still in testing, the military hopes that it will soon be able to carry out complex combat operations more mobile than before.

British company Gravity Industries launched its first products in 2017. Its founder is Richard Browning, who, in addition to serving as CEO, acts as a test pilot.

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[Edik]

What can I say, cool and the future is already coming

[figwam]

Quote: Edik

What can I say, cool and the future is already coming

This area will definitely develop

[venik]

Quote: figvam

This area will definitely develop

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Exercises to hijack a ship using jetpacks:

If anyone thinks that this is a "photo slap", then there is a video:
Unfortunately, the videos themselves do not want to be inserted, so here are the links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suHOLFhbwsM&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2KvlQKdBo8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suHOLFhbwsM
The spectacle with "fighting Carlsons" is certainly very futuristic .....
PS Interestingly, do we have someone dealing with a similar subject ??

[poquello]

Quote: venik

Interestingly, we have someone dealing with a similar subject ??

few, mostly with trampolines, but they also have a lot of injuries

[ViacheslavS]

PS Interestingly, do we have someone dealing with a similar subject ??

They do not seriously deal with this topic, let’s be frank, the flight margin is not greater, the risk for the operator is huge, it’s even just unsuccessful to land on the deck and get a fracture, shoot and control at the same time will not work. Then it is already easier to make a UAV on the same jetpack, you can hang some kind of weapon on it and it is not a pity to smash it on the deck.

[The black]

fighting Carlsons ... there will be some fun for snipers

[marchcat]

Apparently Hollywood has seriously hammered the brain of the creators of this "gravity"!

[Nikon O'Conor]

I remembered for a long time where this device was first demonstrated in Hollywood. I remembered this: "the captain .... and the soldiers of the future." Unfortunately, the name of the captain did not remember, but definitely not "America"))
PS, there was a series like this ... I still studied in elementary school))
even sometimes skipped the last lesson for the sake of this series))

[Nikon O'Conor]

googled ... this is Captain Power ... symbolic))
https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/160956/video/type/39/
Gods !!! what nonsense we were watching!)))

[businessv]

Quote: Black

fighting Carlsons ... there will be fun for snipers

The first thing I thought about! There were few drones, and now these will also have to be knocked down. They are definitely not suitable for reconnaissance - they are very noisy, but give it - bring it, very much even nothing.

[abrakadabre]

fighting Carlsons ... there will be some fun for snipers

Rather, clay skeet shooting skills are required there. Taking into account the possible body armor - shoot buckshot from a pump-action shotgun.

[Murmur 55]

The future is just not very close, there are not a few of those issues to solve, and so the mobility will increase accordingly and the means of counteraction will have to be developed.

[venik]

Quote: Murmur 55

The future is just not very close

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Yes, it looks like it is much closer than you think ...
(see above) and:

https://pikabu.ru/story/reaktivnyiy_spetsnaz_7781681
ttps: //www.youtube.com/watch? v = suHOLFhbwsM & feature = youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2KvlQKdBo8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suHOLFhbwsM

[ViacheslavS]

Yes, it looks like it is much closer than you think ...
(see above) and:

No, this is a very distant prospect and obviously not on such knapsacks with 10 minutes of flight (or how much kerosene they have) and this is all beautiful at the demonstration, and thus you need to try to land on a ship that is running away at full speed and not break your legs. this is not to mention if the ship will also shoot back.

[venik]

Quote: ViacheslavS

No, this is a very distant prospect and obviously not on such knapsacks with 10 minutes of flight (or how much kerosene they have) and this is all beautiful at the demonstration, and thus you need to try to land on a ship that is running away at full speed and not break your legs. this is not to mention if the ship will also shoot back.

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I did not specifically mention that all these exercises are still far from "as close as possible." will!). But as they say: "dashing trouble is the beginning!" For example, a dry cargo ship who does not want to stop, so you can navigate ...
In general, the idea of ​​a "jetpack" is more than 100 years old, but recently, designs have begun to progress rapidly!

[abrakadabre]

and so the mobility will increase accordingly and the means of counteraction will have to be developed.

Everything has already been invented. Creatively rework this and all:

[mitroha]

The targets are getting more interesting.

[voyaka uh]

It is much easier to shoot from top to bottom than from bottom to top.

[Murmur 55]

if the shooter is in a static position, but in motion and plus to control this knapsack, then specialists really need to be trained for more than two days.

[Flooding]

Quote: voyaka uh

It is much easier to shoot from top to bottom than from bottom to top.

it is easier to disguise in the clouds and hide behind the moon,
than disguise in the bushes and hide behind a fold of terrain

[abrakadabre]

it is easier to disguise in the clouds and hide behind the moon,

You would at least ask how many seconds there is a supply of fuel. Trying to soar into the clouds on this one is a one-way ticket.

[Flooding]

I'm interested.
for how many seconds?

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

It is much easier to shoot from top to bottom than from bottom to top.

You love to praise everything western))).

There is where to hide on the ground, but in the air this is clearly a problem.

Yes, and I think it will be difficult to shoot and simultaneously control the jet early.

But as a way of overcoming minefields, for example, these knapsacks are the very thing, if they did not make noise at all, it would be great.

And so, well, such an invention, its not very clear benefits so far.

In my opinion, some compact UAV capable of transporting medicines or even the wounded is much more useful and safer than such a knapsack.

But let it be, you never know come in handy.

But to shoot from top to bottom with its help is so-so idea))).

[BARKAS]

But let it be, you never know come in handy.

In the cold season, it can be used as a heat gun.

[abrakadabre]

In the cold season, it can be used as a heat gun.

Can. but not for long. Maximum one and a half or two minutes. And most likely forty seconds.

[Mountain shooter]

Quote: Ratmir_Ryazan

In my opinion, some compact UAV capable of transporting medicines or even the wounded is much more useful and safer than such a knapsack

Quite right. Even some sort of helicopter propeller on a knapsack, and that is much more interesting.
And the UAV for this task is much more promising. Safer and ... cheaper.

[poquello]

Quote: Ratmir_Ryazan

shoot from top to bottom with its help is so-so idea)))

but you can throw potatoes

[Barberry25]

only this pilot-pilot of the pepelatsa has nothing to shoot with .. the hands are busy with the control of the knapsack .. oddly enough, But igrodely offered a more adequate scheme for the space marines in Warhammer 40

[yuriy55]

Quote: voyaka uh

It is much easier to shoot from top to bottom than from bottom to top.

Especially when your hands are busy ... I can suggest you conduct an experiment without resorting to expensive gadgets: in your apartment, undress, undress your friend, pick up two dumbbells and try to "shoot" without her help ...
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Probably, in peacetime, this knapsack can come in handy. In a combat situation, when rifles for the destruction of aircraft and helicopters are invented, the "combat Carlson" (or John) will be an unanswered target. However, I was not the first to note this.

[voyaka uh]

Bullets flying upward quickly lose speed and stopping power.
Bullets flying down, on the other hand, kill from great heights.
I would not underestimate the "fighting Carlsons", as at all
combat drones have recently been underestimated.

[cat Rusich]

Quote: voyaka uh

Bullets flying upward quickly lose speed and stopping power.
Bullets flying down, on the other hand, kill from great heights.
I would not underestimate the "fighting Carlsons", as at all
combat drones have recently been underestimated.

And what kind of BC will the "Battle Carlson" have?
In other words, what is the carrying capacity of the "jetpack" ...
Combat drones took off when air defense began to defeat conventional aircraft.
There is also a "bolt with the correct thread" for "combat Carlsons"

[cat Rusich]

Quote: voyaka uh

It is much easier to shoot from top to bottom than from bottom to top.

[Center]

[/ center] It was invented in WWI to adapt the machine gun for the needs of air defense.

[My doctor]

possibly.
but the body in the air is much more noticeable than on the ground and there are more shelters on the ground, plus in the air you will not group like this
I do not think that with a knapsack in the air there will be good stabilization for shooting

[voyaka uh]

But quickly. And a jerk. The jetpack will allow you to make sudden, unpredictable movements.

[Roman_vh]

Quote: voyaka uh

But quickly. And a jerk. The jetpack will allow you to make sudden, unpredictable movements.

These movements will be especially sharp and unpredictable after an attempt to shoot. I think that even death.

[voyaka uh]

It depends on what to shoot from. The M-16, for example, has no recoil. The spring in the butt - like an extension of the barrel - dampens it almost completely. You can shoot from a straightened one arm without touching the shoulder with the butt.

[Reserve buildbat]

Shoot with one hand with a plastic stock burning from the exhaust

[Reserve buildbat]

How will he shoot if his hands are full of nozzles? Popping bricks? Spit in the eye?

[voyaka uh]

You are not looking ahead.
This satchel is a concept.
Allows a single fighter to quickly and abruptly move in the air along unpredictable trajectories.
Weapons will also be developed for the concept.
(First, an airplane appeared, and then they figured out how to install a machine gun on it).
The first drones were also unarmed.

[Reserve buildbat]

And you are not looking anywhere, as I understand it. Stupidly compare the size of a person with this suitcase (one bullet - an explosion) and the size of the UAV, which can drag these 100g of weight, and at a much greater distance. And hundreds of times cheaper and more practical. Spotting a quadra from Aliexpress is many times more difficult, and this quad flies much faster, higher and further. And jetpacks with the current level of technology are toys for the weak-minded

[voyaka uh]

"toys for the weak-minded" ///
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We will discuss it in a few years.
About 5 years ago, only the very lazy on the VO did not laugh at the shock drones.

[Reserve buildbat]

Yes, even in 25 years. For the sake of 100 grams of payload, driving 100+ kilograms is idiocy, when it is enough to drive a device weighing 2-3 kg, faster, more imperceptible and cheaper. Or do you think that in 5 years special pocket men with jetpacks will be brought out to ...? Or will technology fall so badly that multi-ton vehicles with the speed of a disabled person on foot will be needed to transport 100 grams of payload?

[Sharky]

The flight time is 5-10 minutes and the distance is no more than one mile (1,6 km). As for me, it is better to use a quadrocopter (drone) as a delivery of blood plasma. And the dimensions of the drone are smaller, which means it is more difficult to get there.

[BARKAS]

The drone for such cases, of course, is preferable, there is no risk for the pilot if you can shoot down more.

[Egoza]

Quote: BARKAS

The drone for such cases, of course, is preferable, there is no risk for the pilot if you can shoot down more.

Is it possible to present such a suit to Ze instead of his armored bra? And let it fly! far, far away ...

[Murmur 55]

plus it is cheaper and easier to prepare a specialist.

[Flooding]

but the drone has less horsepower!
where do you want to put the fuel

[Sharky]

The drone itself weighs much less than an equipped fighter with a jet suit. Plasma bag: a hundred or two grams. What kind of fuel are you writing about?

[Flooding]

about glucose, which is required for the work of cells responsible for irony
chew everything for you

[Sharky]

The article is clearly not about humor. Joke - put emoticons at least. I don't need to chew anything, build your comments through logic, it always helps.

[Flooding]

Quote: Sharky

structure your comments with logic, it always helps

thanks for the kind instructions
I will definitely consider
I always listen to adults and smart

[Sharky]

The smart ones learn all the time - the stupid ones already know everything.

[Flooding]

Quote: Sharky

stupid and so everyone knows.

and being stupid, it turns out, is not so bad!

[Sharky]

I don’t know, I haven’t tried it.

[abrakadabre]

The flight time is 5-10 minutes and the distance is no more than one mile (1,6 km).

!!!
I have not yet met such gizmos that the flight time on fuel was more than a couple of minutes. With a power of more than a thousand hp This thing should eat like a racing dragster. Accordingly, an impressive tank is required for a 5-10 minute flight.

[Sharky]

According to the developers, the suit allows you to climb to a height of 3650 meters, but you need to be careful when moving so far from the ground, since the fuel supply is only enough for four to five minutes flight. Fuel tank capacity is 15 liters... It is claimed that in cold weather, you can squeeze more thrust and fly about nine minutes.
The product weighs quite little - about 27 kg. This indicator was achieved through the use of special block components assembled from parts that were printed by a 3D printer.

[abrakadabre]

It is claimed that in cold weather it is possible to squeeze out more thrust and fly for about nine minutes.

Of course, there is a difference between runs in hot weather and in winter. But almost twice ... Someone is lying here. Either a developer or journalists. There, a difference of 10-15% is already a great happiness. If not less.

[Sharky]

There is this, most likely 9 minutes, in winter with a very light pilot, probably up to 50kg in weight.

[Flooding]

saw nothing that a motorcyclist on a light bike would not do
a tester with a knapsack flew over the rolled road
presented as if it helped avoid climbing rocks

[beeper]

I liked the compact mechanized winch, as well as the other shown mountain equipment for the evacuation of the wounded!
I hope that not only NATO "partners", but the Russian army also have something similar ?!
After all, such equipment of the mountain parts should be taken care of even in peacetime!
At the sight of all this equipment of a potential enemy, I am haunted by the "pictures" of battles with the Nazi invaders on the Caucasian passes and in the Arctic (where the Germans immediately assembled, from pre-prepared "army kits", even a suspended railroad, for quick delivery of supplies and the evacuation of their wounded ...), and in Afghanistan such "cunning adaptations" were not enough!

[Murmur 55]

And I remember how, after V.O.V., the mountain units were disassembled and the developments on equipment and weapons for the mountain units were destroyed, backfired in Afghanistan, they restored everything beyond the river and again lost their money, and then Chechnya, I want to hope that now we have something and with whom to defend and storm mountainous regions.

[rocket757]

Nice ... there are prospects for development. We can only wish success to the racket enthusiasts.

[Murmur 55]

in history there are not a few cases when such breakthrough ideas were buried or they remained at the level of experimental parties, an example of an MUL for the American army, advertising was there a lot of hopes too, but in the end? So here, time will tell.

[rocket757]

It happens in different ways ... everything has its time, as the necessary technologies develop.
We will see.

[Murmur 55]

rocket757, it is possible that now this project will not work because of the high cost and technological costs, and in a few years they will return to it, finish it and a flying person will be the same routine as a quadrocopter.

[rocket757]

No question ... much that now seems unnecessary can eventually become commonplace, even necessary.

[Genry]

Quote: rocket757

Nice ... perspective

In case of refusal, it will fall colorfully - the parachute is not provided / impossible. And if it falls into the water, then like a stone to the bottom, with the release of steam.

[rocket757]

There are many problems to be solved ...
This, after all, is not a vaccine that is needed right yesterday ... let them dare, enthusiasts do not stop difficulties, encourages, t.s.

[A. Privalov]

Indeed, fantastic. The device will certainly find its use.

[Murmur 55]

For instance??? Well, other than what is stated in the article? If only for very secret and important special operations ?!

[A. Privalov]

Quote: Murmur 55

For instance??? Well, other than what is stated in the article? If only for very secret and important special operations ?!

They will pull out the "Abrams" stuck in the swamps ...

[swnvaleria]

Abrams cannot be pulled out of the swamp, it is easier to sprinkle it and forget

[Bolt cutter]

The device will certainly find its use.

The phrase "fly fast for vodka" will take on new meaning

[Murmur 55]

The main thing is that the phrase ONE LEG IS HERE AND THE OTHER THERE does not sound literally (the backpack is reactive)

[yuriy55]

Quote: A. Privalov

Indeed, fantastic. The device will certainly find its use.

How about small aircraft carriers? There was an article here today ... Imagine, to land a regiment on enemy territory. To the enemy of the khan. The whole will fall ... with laughter, after he has ripped this crowd of "elves" out of large-caliber cannons with explosive ...

[tralflot1832]

I’m not a hunter at all, an opponent of hunting. But for such a running, I apologize to a flying boar, I would shoot myself. It will not give back.

[Murmur 55]

Judging by the video, yes, not that he has surrendered and there is nothing to defend himself with, so as I wrote those questions, there are still a lot to solve.

[stalki]

Until this fichnya turns into an "iron man", he is useless in battle. At this level, only for civilian tasks, and then there are still problems with the volume of fuel. And for civilians I can’t think of anything real. Is it that garlands and flags are faster to hang

[Pavel57]

How much is this miracle worth?

[Victor Chernenko]

The bullet will be faster than the knapsack.

[Bolshevik]

With aerodynamics and control in flight of this knapsack still work and work.

[Bolshevik]

Are there laser swords on the way?
Sometimes science fiction writers anticipate the future. STAR WARS

[saygon66]

- It will sweep over the rear ... If only in the wires not to get tangled!

[A. Privalov]

What will our unfortunate soldiers do in these newfangled iron boxes? What can they see through these primitive loopholes? Half-suffocated from gasoline exhausts, deaf and stupefied from shaking, they will lie down in hospitals, at a time when they could bring undoubted benefits in the trenches and on the battlefields.

This is what a skeptical columnist for The Times wrote in early 1914. Time clearly indicated his delusions.

[Skipper]

dreamers! What a delicious and very handy target. One cheap bullet and an expensive waffle with a man for scrap.

[Kelwin]

Such a thing can become dangerous after some time, there are neural interfaces on the way, conventionally, of course, 15-20 years ...

[Roman_vh]

So she's already deadly in American comics. Well tell me why all this gimora. As in that joke and why do we need this tuning in the zoo?
Neurointerfaces, people without interfaces cripple themselves out of the blue. So we leave the plane without a pilot (well, in the future), and dress up the foolish infantryman in this superman costume? Inconsistency

[Kelwin]

Well, a radical increase in the mobility of an infantryman is still serious, especially an attack aircraft. In this form, yes, while a toy, but if you finish it to mind ... An airplane without a pilot also gets other opportunities, instead of LSS weapons or fuel, available overloads increase dramatically and all that, too, after all, it's not free, specialization is not a cheap thing at all. Let's see what happens in the end, even interesting)

[Roman_vh]

Quote: abrakadabre

It is claimed that in cold weather it is possible to squeeze out more thrust and fly for about nine minutes.

Of course, there is a difference between runs in hot weather and in winter. But almost twice ... Someone is lying here. Either a developer or journalists. There, a difference of 10-15% is already a great happiness. If not less.

They hint to their batmen that it is better to fly in Siberia.

[Roman_vh]

Quote: voyaka uh

It depends on what to shoot from. The M-16, for example, has no recoil. The spring in the butt - like an extension of the barrel - dampens it almost completely. You can shoot from a straightened one arm without touching the shoulder with the butt.

Stop spanking nonsense, it hurts. The recoil can be reduced, but the physics of the process remains. And the thought that someone is going to shoot from this device is a pass to an insane asylum. But to populate it, there are those who wish, and, which is typical, those who are capable.

[xASPIDx]

A very useful idea

[Rocj]

Guys, we are stocking ourselves with slingshots, we will knock like sparrows.
They have no protection from the slingshot. The pebbles will fall into the nozzle and the rumble from the blowing will be heard on the borders of NATO. Humor.

[Reserve buildbat]

This use is reminiscent of sending a packet across the Pacific with a supertanker. A packet of plasma weighing 50-100 grams is delivered by a person who, with this jetpack, weighs more than 100 kg, is unarmed, drags fuel onto an engine with a power greater than that of the T-72 tank. This is idiocy. This "super difficult task" would be handled by a 3 kg UAV, which will fly more and be more difficult to spot, and its speed is higher, and it will only consume electricity.

[AML]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

Quote: Ratmir_Ryazan

In my opinion, some compact UAV capable of transporting medicines or even the wounded is much more useful and safer than such a knapsack

Quite right. Even some sort of helicopter propeller on a knapsack, and that is much more interesting.
And the UAV for this task is much more promising. Safer and ... cheaper.

Project "Carlson". Quite promising, with a developed AI system. But jam consumption is very high. The military did not dare to make such expenses.

[gvozdan]

Why was it impossible to deliver a couple of liters of plasma by a banal quadrocopter ??? Why didn't you take this couple of liters of plasma with you if it is so important and critical ?? If these are straight impassable mountains, then this plasma will not save him without urgent evacuation, and if at least a little bit passable, then the ATV would be more appropriate, more useful and efficient. Ponte is more expensive than money

[rotfuks]

Such a satchel is a unique thing if NATO fighters have to urgently skimp out of nowhere. And then in the last drape from Afghanistan, the British even had to change into women. And so they will put on their backpacks and fly home like bees. It is only necessary to refine the range of the knapsack. So that the cut flew far away.