Body Armor and Batteries Come Together

From Foxnews:

[Lockheed Martin] plans to turn a soldier's body armor into a power source, making the armor rechargeable and its total weight minuscule.

If it succeeds, the armor could also solve another power problem. An estimated 40 percent to 50 percent of battery energy is wasted because key parts of a soldier's kit don't have a sleep mode to save power while they're inactive. That means normal batteries just run out.

Lockheed's body armor would manage power and incorporate a standby mode, meaning those critical tools could last even longer.

Good luck to Lockheed on this one.