By John J. Kruzel
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 25, 2007 – The Defense Department is offering $1 million to the person who invents a way for servicemembers to take a load off.
During a conference call with Internet “bloggers” today, William Rees, deputy undersecretary of defense for laboratories and basic sciences, explained the department’s “wearable power” competition announced earlier this month. Currently, an individual servicemember on the ground in Iraq or Afghanistan carries roughly 40 pounds of batteries to provide four days’ worth of power. The department’s goal, he explained, is to lower the load to less than 9 pounds.
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