Better protected on the ground.Eads will be supplying the Bundeswehr's IdZ (Infanterist der Zukunft = Future Soldier Future Soldier is the overall name given to a multi-nation military project by the United States and its allies launched in the late 1990s. Future Soldier is also name of the major international military exhibition for NATO and Partnership for Peace members. ) programme with a system to improve the protection of individual soldiers on the battlefield. Eads Defence Electronics received a 70 million [euro] order from the German procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. agency BWB BWB Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung (German: Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement) BWB Blended Wing Body (flying wing) BWB British Waterways Board to supply 196 IdZ Future Soldier basic systems, with which an estimated 2000 soldiers to eventually be outfitted. Eads has developed an equipment concept tailored to the new demands made on the armed forces, wherewith where·with pron. The thing or things with which. conj. By means of which. adv. Obsolete With what or which. the infantryman is equipped with a ballistics-protective vest, nuclear, biological and chemical protection, night vision equipment and digital navigation and communication equipment as well as improved armament. Eads manages the German Projekthaus System Soldat (Soldier System Team), and holds overall responsibility for ensuring that all requirements to secure improved performance through the help of new technologies are carefully met. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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