Pentagon Tries Jetpacks for Air Mobility: DARPA Testing New Military Technologies
Pentagon Tries Jetpacks for Air Mobility: DARPA Testing New Military Technologies The U.S. Defense Department is taking their security up-to-date. This possibly means strapping jetpacks to their special forces, with this technology being called the "Portable Personal Air Mobility System." The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) offers up to $1.5 million in development costs for research proposals involving "air mobility" systems. A total of $225,000 will be used in the study phase of this program. If the proposals pass this phase, they will undergo ground and flight tests to che...