Several governments and private industries began to do research into police and military applications of mobile suits and as they progressed, the faster the technology evolved. Perhaps it was the rise of this technology that allowed governments to rise up against one another. The more advanced Mobile Suits became, the more arrogant the world powers began to get. When wars began to pop up, it was the mobile suit that was always at the front lines. Researchers were always looking to build better weapons and make the MS faster and stronger, with the MS often being a large deciding factor in a battle. At that time if one force's mobile suits were more advanced than the opposing side's, the outcome was almost ensured.

As time went on, Mobile Suit designs came and went. With the rise of the Federation, the GM became one of the most widely known and produced suits. It was this suit that the Earth Federal Government used to "unite" the planet during their short reign. With the rise of Zeon, the Great War itself and the colony drops, many more Mobile Suit designs began to pop up and/or resurface. Since that time, the 4 most recognized MS have been the old GM, the Zaku, the Jenice(only known in space) and the Leo(only known on Earth). New MS technology is deing developed all of the time, with only certain areas of Earth still having the capabilities to manufacture mobile suits, and even fewer locations being able to develope new designs. In space, research goes on uninterupted, but as a slower pace due to restrictions only recently lifted from the non-aggression treaty signed between Zeon and the Jovian Alliance.