Tag: Infantry Equipment
Elbit Systems Unveils Light, Compact Combat Suit for the Warfighter
Reducing the size, weight and power (SWaP) requirements of wearable electronics means a lot for the dismounted warfighter – both leaders and riflemen. Elbit...
FELIN Soldier Systems Enter Service with the French Army
The 1st Infantry Regiment, the oldest unit in the French Army, is also the first unit in Europe to implement a full digitized soldier...
Army Dissolves Early-Brigade Combat Team, Discontinue Class I UAV, UGS
The Department of the Army announced today that it decided to continue low-rate initial production of two elements of the Early-Infantry Brigade Combat Team...
Enhanced Night Vision Goggles (ENVG) Development
The ENVG is the first helmet-mounted night vision monocular to combine the strengths of both image intensification (I2) and infrared (IR, or thermal) technologies...
FIST Assessment Phase
The FIST (Future Integrated Soldier Technology) program, currently in the assessment phase, has gone through several phases of trials, which highlighted some technical issues with equipment...
idZ ES Program
German Infantry of the Future - Expanded System On September 1st, 2006 the German Bundeswehr has awarded Rheinmetall Defence a multi-million Euro contract to develop...
TacEye Miniature Eyepiece
The TacEye miniature eyepiece developed by Vuzix Tactical Display Group can be attached to standard goggles to form a 800x600 SVGA head mounted display....
Tetherless Rifle Improves Training Realism
The Cubic Corporation (AMEX: CUB) is introducing a tetherless version of the M-4 training rifle, fitted with a gas-operated recoil and wireless link, allowing...
Defense Update Issue II 2007
New Trends in Infantry Combat Gear
Defense Update surveys the latest protection and survivability gear including body armor and helmets, developed for the modern infantry, including new ergonomic bullet-proof...
Load Carrying Systems for the Infantry
Start < Page 10 0f 11 > As the body armor is only part of the combat load carried by the infantryman, the military is seeking new...
GAO: Army Unable to Confirm US$ 38 Billion Spent on Equipment...
A US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released today the preliminary observations on the U.S. Army’s implementation of its equipment reset strategies. According to the...
Evolving the Ground Soldier Systems (GSS)
Within 4 – 5 years, LW will be enhanced by the Ground Soldier Systems (GSS) to become part of the Future Combat Systems (FCS). GSS will...
Maturation of the Land Warrior Program
Much progress has been made with the Land Warrior (LW) program and the Future Force Warrior. During the year, 587 kits have been delivered...
Microclimate Cooling System (MCS)
Microclimate cooling system (MCS) is provided as part of US Army Air Warrior program, for helicopter crews, operating in the hot climate of Southwest...
