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Imagine carrying that extra 11 pounds of weight around all the time, just for occasional use in running. I don't think it's a good concept.

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You don't have to carry it all the time. Having the ability to move faster on ground could be useful in short specialized missions.

I guess it would have to be almost silent and not have a huge profile in the infra-red in most use cases, though.

11 pounds is light by military standards.

Presumably this would be 11 pounds on top of the existing load out, in which case 11 extra pounds wouldn't be a trivial amount. Probably subjective though.

Not if the rest of the loadout is on a fully powered weight bearing exoskeleton.

In that case this system would have to be much more than 11 pounds to have enough fuel and thrust for the added weight.

If it's self-supporting, it can weigh more because you're not limited by what the soldier can carry.

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