future warrior system?

Question

I heard about a full body system that gave soldiers the ability to send messages to one another, have gun cameras and with these cameras can forward images in real time to command or shoot around corners. does anyone know any more details about the equipment and/or when it will be implemented?

i meant real time as in the feed from the gun cameras can be showen to other soldiers to provide more intel on the area, such as a fireteam knowing where the enemy one of there team mates are shooting at without exposing themselves

i meant real time as in the feed from the gun cameras can be showen to other soldiers to provide more intel on the area, such as a fireteam knowing where the enemy one of there team mates are shooting at without exposing themselves

Answer 1

Weapon:

The original system was built around the M16 rifle or M4 carbine, both with modular rail mounts to allow customization as needed for each mission. It included the weapon itself, plus components such as a daylight video sight, thermal weapons sight and MFL (Multi-Function Laser). The MFL provided range and direction information, as well as IR, visible, and MILES lasers, while the cameras provided a video feed and thermographic capabilities, plus allowing a soldier to shoot around corners or behind cover without actually exposing himself to enemy fire.

Helmet:

The Helmet Subsystem (HSS) combined a lightweight advanced helmet with a computer and OLED display that provided various information from digital maps and troop locations down to his weapon-mounted video camera. This is what would have allowed the soldier to see (and fire) around corners. The HSS also incoporated a microphone as well as a headset.

Armor and protection:

The Interceptor Body Armor system and Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment (MOLLE) load-bearing system currently in service with the US Army and Marines today are partially a result of the Land Warrior program.

Computer:

The Computer Subsystem (CSS) provided the processing power and storage capacity for the system. The CSS is based around an ARM XScale processor. The CSS connects to each one of the LRUs (Line Replaceable Units) as well as to the batteries.

Navigation

The Navigation Subsystem (NSS) provided positional information, it integrates a GPS receiver and a Dead Reckoning Module (DRM) that maintains accurate location when GPS signal becomes unavailable.

Radio:

The Combat-Net Radio Subsystem (CNRS) provided communications capabilities for the Land Warrior. The CNRS is based on EPLRS.

Software:

Land Warrior's software system was powered by a variant of the Linux operating system and has a modular, open architecture for further improvement. Reliability in recent testing at Fort Benning has been extremely high.

The United States is not the only nation in the world that is experimenting with this type of system for its soldiers. Various Future Soldier programs are heavily funded and underway around the world, including Land 125 (Australia), African Warrior (South Africa), Félin (France), IdZ (Germany), Soldato Futuro (Italy), Combatiente Futuro (Spain), Soldier Modernisation Program (SMP) (Netherlands), NORMANS (Norway), Soldado do Futuro (Portugal), Black Robes (Russia), Advanced Combat Man System (Singapore), IMESS (Switzerland), MARKUS (Sweden), ANOG(Israel), FIST (UK), BEST (Belgium) and Land Warrior (USA).

Answer 2

My boy Mikey was in on some of that (Corpsman) and he hated it. The batteries got hot and failed, the stuff was heavy and the interfaces were not intuitive. Water kicked its ***, and as anyone with field time knows, there's water everywhere, even the desert. Your sweat alone will kill the system. Better comms is never bad, and situational awareness is wonderful if it actually works, but what will it all run on, Windows? If you're networked out, how easy is it to get hacked? Aside from some basic stuff that sounds good, the rest seems like shite. Most of the time, guys on the ground don't need more information, they just need the right information. And higher-higher knowing every shot you take from a guncam just gives them more opportunity to micromanage. This is just more assinine junk to take the focus away from difficult, demanding and realistic training that makes western armies ascendent in the fight.

Answer 3

This is a short answer for a complex question. The discovery channel has a show called future weapons. If you want to know more you should probably look on the discovery channel web site. does anyone know the address?

Answer 4

It's on a need to know basis, and right now you don't need to know.

Soldiers have the ability to send messages in real time right now and always have. It's called "Hand and Arm Signals".

Answer 5

right now it is in what is considered to be shakedown. The designers are testing it in every way possible. It should go into service in 2008 or 2009. The details on the equipment itself is classified for the time being.

Answer 6

We have spent a trillion dollars developing super weapons yet we are fighting the same AK-47s and RPGs we fought in Vietnam. Meanwhile a lot of "Retired " Generals and Corporate facists made a lot of money.

Answer 7

go to www.military.com/solidertech