The Advanced-mobility, Unconventional-warfare, Reconnaissance and Assault Tactical Combat Suit, known more commonly as the AURA Tactical Combat Suit or AURA Suit, is an advanced airtight suit used almost exclusively by AURA operators. The first AURA soldiers were selected from other branches and brought into the unit usually following combat training and/or full-fledged military service. By 2577, 1,915 AURA operators had been enlisted and a total of 2,021 AURA suits had been manufactured to support them. Designed primarily by the famous Doctor Strassen, the AURA suit weighs in at only half as much as the Semi-Powered Infiltration Armor and while it isn't as efficient as the SPI Armor it is even more capable of mass production than the SPI; in addition, the semi-powered suit can be wielded