From Nextgov.com: Army wants soldiers' devices to keep going, and going, and going

Service asks for ideas for how to make batteries that power electronics on the battlefield lighter and last longer .

Today's soldiers on special force teams require a lot of electrical power, so much so that they need to tote as much as 40 pounds of batteries onto the battlefield to run an array of gear that includes multiple radios, GPS receivers and laptops.

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