AUSA 2024: MilDef dismounts with new concept
The device on DSS will be a specific size to meet user needs, MilDef has claimed. (Photo: author)
MilDef has supplied tactical and IT systems to a range of platforms, including Norway’s CV90 infantry fighting vehicle and Danish artillery systems, but dismounted is a new area for the company.
Sweden’s MilDef is leaving the vehicle and creating a dismounted soldier suite (DSS) which will provide a tactical hub and device for dismounted soldiers.
The company’s previous focus has been on larger systems for vehicles, including for platforms used by the British Army like the Boxer infantry fighting vehicle, but expects to have the DSS available for soldier evaluation next year.
The system on display at AUSA 2024 in Washington, DC, has been described by the company as a “concept” but it is far enough advanced in development to outline how the hub would likely be on the back of the
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