Germany’s FuInfoSys C4I System

(click to view full) 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-armored vehicles with the new technology by 2011. FuInfoSys Heer The new command and control system will let the German Army network multiple vehicles, linking them up to the tactical operations centers, and down to individual soldier squads. 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”. Combat and combat support vehicles will be outfitted with the system, and designated command post vehicles will be equipped with NBC(Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) protection, air conditioning components, and power supply systems as part of their upgrades. FuInfoSys H is 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 […]