Germany’s FuInfoSys C4I System
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Rheinmetall and KMW both issued releases recently, discussing contracts they’ve won as part of Germany’s FuInfoSys Heer (FuInfoSys H) program. DID has discussed FuInfoSys briefly in the context of the IdZ “Infantry-21” program. Now the working group awarded the “FuInfoSys Heer” (“Army Command Control and Information System”) contract will progressively equip some 1,500-1,600 armoured and non-armoured vehicles with the new technology by 2011…
FuInfoSys Heer
Combat and combat support vehicles will be outfitted with the system, and designated the command post vehicles will be equipped with NBC protection, air conditioning components and power supply systems as part of their upgrades.
The new command and control system enables the networking of multiple vehicles, and links them to the tactical operations center. Data transmission will include a digital situation map function, and on the whole the system has a number of similarities to the US FBCB2 aka “Blue Force Tracker”.
With FuInfoSys H, a comprehensive command and information link-up has been created, from the division command level right down to the squad command level. FuInfoSys H is furthermore already conceptually integrated into FuInfoSys SK, which embraces all branches of the armed forces, and in the medium-term will migrate to FuInfoSys SK as an application specific to the terrestrial armed forces. The systems will be delivered from 2007 on, and their use will also include deployment in the joint German-French Brigade.
The Federal Office for Information Management and Information Technology of the Federal Armed Forces (IT-AmtBw) is responsible for the project. The contractor is FüInfoSys Heer, a 50/50 joint venture between Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall Landsysteme.
Contracts and Key Events
Dec 21/06: A KMW release places the total value of the FuInfoSys Heer order at about EUR 380 million (about $500 million).
Dec 21/06: A Rheinmetall Defence release notes the EUR 170 million (about $225 million) contract the firm has received to help implement FuInfoSys Heer for the German Army.
