Soldiers from the U.S. Army Nuclear Disablement Teams created a backpack that provides theater-level confirmation and identification of radiological materials more quickly in a tactical environment.

A novel attachment to the soldier’s assault pack might someday reduce the number of batteries carried to power night-vision devices, radios and other equipment, as well as help make dismounted ...

A soldier tests the Energy Harvesting Backpack on a treadmill at ARL. Army researchers are continuing apace with work that could one day lighten soldiers’ loads by letting them get the power ...

Lightning Packs LLC have created an electricity-generating backpack that can "provide wearable renewable electricity for combat soldiers or disaster-relief workers operating in remote locations." ...

Courtney Webster, a biomedical engineer with the Army Research Laboratory, or ARL, is in the middle of testing with her team the prototype "Energy Harvesting Backpack" at the Soldier Performance ...

The Army is working to lighten that load a bit with “energy harvesting”—using the motion of soldiers’ natural movements to power radios, GPS systems, night-vision goggles or they myriad ...

This Is the Ultralight Backpack an Ex-Soldier Used to Hike 7,900 Miles US Army veteran Will Robinson became the first African American man to complete North America’s greatest hiking challenge.

Simply put, the Aquapac Waterproof Backpack ($85) is a gem: it’s compartments are easily-accessible, using it takes no frills, and it's craftsmanship is sturdy. My first impression was that this ...