The British Navy tested having three commandos use Jet Packs to test boarding and capturing a patrol boat.
The Gravity Industries Jet Suit has 5 engines, 1050 horsepower, and a top speed of over 85 mph. The suits cost about $440,000.
They were also tests flying from and to an aircraft carrier.
There are Jet suit speed trials.
Adam Savage had helped make a bullet proof metal armor iron man flying suit with Gravity Industries.
SOURCES- Gravity Industries
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