
Using data collected from the Mark IV, hundreds of minor technical improvements were made to the Mark V, the suit's armor plating underwent a total redesign and better materials were developed for its use. Catherine Halsey would spend the next ten years developing the suit. A team under the leadership of Chief Technical Officer Dr. In 2542, seventeen years after the Mjolnir Mark IV entered military service, production began on the next generation of Mjolnir Armor, in order to improve SPARTAN-II/Mjolnir effectiveness against the Covenant in combat.
