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OFW Demo 2003, Exclusive !

US Army Soldier Systems Center: Objective Force Warrior (OFW) is the Army’s flagship Science and Technology initiative to develop and demonstrate revolutionary capabilities for Objective Force soldier systems. The aim is to create a lightweight, overwhelmingly lethal, fully integrated individual combat system, including weapon, head-to-toe individual protection, netted communications, soldier worn power sources, and enhanced human performance. The program is aimed at providing unsurpassed individual & squad lethality, survivability, communications, and responsiveness — a formidable warrior in an invincible team.

Many readers have seen the OFW in many press venues. It is an on-going program to show how cool military gear of the future may appear, not necessarily an example of gear that will actually be used by our troops today. There have been many different looks: wearing a motorcycle style helmet, super armor, arm missiles, and laser guns with different uniforms and camo colors and patterns. This year, we were very lucky to meet one of the OFW soldiers doing a demonstration and are pleased to have many exclusive pictures for our readers from that event. In addition to these we've collected many images of the various versions of OFW and related programs for comparison and plan to add to them as the program grows and matures.

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