A fifth prototype of the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) will be tested by US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) in about 18 months, James "Hondo" Geurts said, four years after SOCOM tasked US weapons makers with creating a product that resembles high-tech armored battle suits seen in Hollywood blockbuster movies. "Will we get everything we want? Probably not," Geurts, a senior acquisition executive, said at the National Defense Industrial Association's annual symposium. The military set a challenge for private companies to innovate something with "more-efficient, full-body ballistics protection and beyond-optimal human performance," according to Geurts. Program officials acknowledge that getting every item on their wish list for TALOS "was never the intent." Among those who stepped up to the challenge are Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and surprisingly, SpaceX, PayPal, and Tesla founder Elon Musk. Musk, in response to questions pertaining to his visit to the Pentagon, tweeted