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ESuT conducted an interview with the head of the combat department in the BAAINBw, Brigadier General Jürgen Schmidt, about the status of the current procurement processes and future projects, such as the successor to the Fuchs armored personnel carrier, the NNbS and qualified anti-aircraft defense projects, the capability gap Counter - Unmanned Aircraft Systems ( C-UAS) and the IRIS-T SLM project.

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Brigadegeneral Schmid,AL Kt,, Foto: BAAINBw

ES & T:The scaffolding of a digital communication system in the operational systems is a particular challenge for your department. Do you see opportunities here to achieve such scaffolding more quickly in the future and to keep up with the development progress of digitization?
Schmidt:A first significant step towards the digitization of the Army's communication systems has already been successfully completed with the conversion of the Puma infantry fighting vehicle and the associated soldier equipment Infantrymen of the Future Extended System (IdZ-ES) for VJTF 2023. In addition to the modern digital radio devices Software Defined Radios (SDR), the digital command systems have also been further improved in order to ensure uninterrupted communication from the individual shooter up to the association level. The future design of the Army's communication systems will take place within the framework of the D-LBO program (digitization of land-based operations). In a first step (D-LBO Basic), standardized conversion kits are to be introduced into the platforms in order to achieve “digital initial qualification” in a timely manner. Past experience shows that consistent standardization of the hardware and software interfaces is a key success factor in simplifying the installation of new communication systems. This not only enables faster scaffolding, but at the same time technical and economic risks can be significantly reduced.

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