This new focus hasnt stopped other efforts to develop exoskeletons. The US Armys Natick Soldier Systems Center in Massachusetts is still funding Lockheeds HULC system and field tests of the armour suit are planned for later this year, according to David Audet, the team leader for the Soldier Mobility and Mission Enhancement Team. Audet sees research on exoskeleton and warrior web suits as being complementary efforts. "The area of personal augmentation is the umbrella effort," he says. "Were trying to augment the soldier, augment the marine, to be able to perform tasks that he does everyday, safer, more efficiently,Michael Kors, and trying to reduce the energy in those tasks and reduce that number of injuries."