Raytheon Sarcos is the Real Ironman

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Raytheon’s Sarcos exoskeleton robot is being called the real Ironman. Ironman is a Marvel superhero that unlike superman gets his powers from an iron exoskeleton suit that allows the wearer to perform superhuman feats.

While the Sarcos can’t fly or shoot missiles out of its hands it can allow the wearer to easily do tasks that would be difficult without the Sarcos suit. The suit allowed a tester to lift 200 pounds several hundred times without tiring. Read more

Posted on Mon, 5 May 2008 09:44:04 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Raytheon Satellites Used to Broadcast Super Bowl to Troops

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The biggest football game of the year, Super Bowl XLII is being played this weekend. To boost the morale of U.S. troops on Navy ships Raytheon Technology is broadcasting the game to ships in the Pacific.

Raytheon says that its Global Broadcasting Service (GBS) military satellites typically used to send mission critical information to military and government decision makers will be used to broadcast the game. Read more

Posted on Fri, 1 Feb 2008 08:11:50 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Raytheon Silent Guardian Ready for Action

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Next time you demonstrate in front of a G8 summit, you might feel a bit hot. The US Army demonstrated the Silent Guardian developed by Raytheon that uses an invisible energy beam (millimeter wave technology) to control crowds.

Raytheon calls the Silent Guardian a "Less-than-Lethal Directed Energy Protection".
Less-than-lethal sounds great. I like this term - makes me feel save.

The weapon’s antenna emits a focused beam of millimeter wave energy. The beam gets under your skin to a depth of 1/64 of an inch, producing an intolerable heating sensation. Raytheon says your reaction will be to instinctively flee or take cover. Read more

Posted on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:25:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr