Standard soldier group at work.An initial consolidation of companies involved in their respective countries' 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. development programmes has signed an agreement to establish a Soldier Systems Standardisation Industrial Working Group. This will see Eads-Dornier for the German IDZ programme, Thales Optronique for the French Felin, Marconi Selenia Communications for the Italian Soldato Futuro, Thales UK for the Fist programme, TNO TNO Tamarindo, Costa Rica (Airport code) TNO Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO Trans-Neptunian Object TNO The New Order (paramilitary street gang) TNO Trust No One with the Dutch SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. and Thales Communications Thales Communications Inc., a subsidiary of the Thales Group, is a leading manufacturer of tactical communications equipment, including the MBITR, currently fielded with the US Army and NATO forces worldwide. representing the Norwegian Normans future soldier programme collectively promote industrial collaboration and standardisation between the respective programmes. The purpose is to address interoperability issues and seek harmonisation of interface standards--a forward step that was a long time coming (See "Modern Soldier" beginning on p 82 of this issue). Invitations to join this initiative have been extended to prime contractors from the United States and a host of other countries. |
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