The US military will get something like the Google Glass built into his helmets that will be able to measure distances, display 3D diagrams of buildings, transmit video from a drone and more.
The battlefields are full of elements that soldiers will now be able to use: enemy positions, the position of their fellow soldiers, city maps or the layout of a house, a video that will show what is behind a hill. But until recently, there was no way to live-stream the data to soldiers. Until today, why the Q-Warrior, are high-tech helmets manufactured by BAE Systems, a company from the United Kingdom. News of the new helmets first came from Wired.
BAE Systems does not confirm the project Q-Warrior, nor does he say he has any contract with the army. But he said enigmatically Mashable it is a matter of time for the soldiers to acquire new glasses.
"It won't be in 10 years from now, but it's not available right now," said Donald Lee, project manager Q-Warrior in Army's Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, at Mashable.
Lee said nothing about making the new helmet or transmitting data - BAE Systems may already have done so.
Of course, another issue that they should consider very seriously is the case of hacking in the data stream that will allow someone to take footage from the drones or change the data that the soldiers see. How easily could someone jam the transmission with electromagnetic interference, and how would the military be able to make sure that the network transmission is safe.
Perhaps, however, these are issues that already exist at the project table Q-Warrior, so there is no set schedule for when it will be ready. According to Lee, the project will probably be released first with a select team, such as the Navy Seals special forces team that took part in Osama bin Laden's operation.
