Iron Man may soon be a reality, with the U.S. Military's Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit, or "TALOS" Project.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Military has taken a cue from Hollywood superheroes and has contracted the help of designers from Legacy Effects, the company responsible for the design props of popular film franchises like "Iron Man" and "RoboCop."

The war suit being developed seeks to incorporate bullet protection, weaponry, vital monitoring as well as boost strength and performance with the aid of onboard computer systems. The purpose of the suits is to provide extra protection and support to military personnel who are in battle zones, thus reducing human losses. Basically, they want to make Iron Man suits. The body armor is described to be an "agile exoskeleton."

"When you're doing something for a movie, it is all make-believe," says Legacy founder Lindsay MacGowan to the Journal. "Whereas, for the military, that's really not going to be the case."

The difficulty lies in the incorporation of all these features. Suit developers are expecting that the TALOS suit will weigh as much as 400 pounds, making it extremely difficult to maneuver, let alone wear. Wearing a body suit would restrict the agility of soldiers, and a 400 pound load is just absurd.

Another hurdle in the design and development process is the equipment to power the suit. The outlet reports that the Pentagon estimates that the battery alone would weigh 365 pounds to power the suit.

"Hollywood has definitely made the Iron Man suit impossibly thin, impossibly light, impossibly agile and impossibly energy efficient. So we're really trying to solve the problem and ask the question: What would Iron Man look like if it was real?" Russ Angold of Ekso Bionics was quoted by The Week as saying.

SlashGear reports that the TALOS project has already spent $10 million, with no indicated cap. The House armed services committee is scrutinizing the project to ensure that the funds allotted will not be wasted.

"Will you ever have an Iron Man? I don't know," Brian Dowling, a former soldier involved in the project said, according to The Week. "But you'll have some greatly improved technology along the way".

The U.S. Military targets to have the suits battle-ready by 2018.

Below is a concept video of the TALOS suit. Tell us your thoughts!