The Improvement of the Technological Systems in Military Field

Published:2011/9/13 2:33:00 Author:Li xiao na From:SeekIC

It is said that the largest military cost in 2011 is the individual soldier in the field and the vehicles he or she uses. Nowadays, the programmes, which can enhance the effectiveness or improve the protection of troops, and/or reduce the burden they carry, will have a chance to develop better. For dismounted soldiers, typically carrying their own body mass in equipment, weight should be the first element to be considered. It is also increasingly important in the design of unmanned vehicles, fighting vehicles, aircraft and naval systems.

All the famous programs, such as US DoD’s “Nett Warrior”, “Soldato Futuro” in Italy, Finland’s “Finnish Warrior” and Australia’s “Land 125”, all have relations with using electronics to help soldiers know where they are, communicate better with their comrades and commanders, identify hazards and locate and neutralise the enemy. Component manufacturers make sure that defence equipment OEMs meet the ever-­increasing performance demands of these programmes, while reducing the weight, size and cost of their ­systems.

As a result, consumer electronics’ obsession with size, weight and power also becomes the essential topic in the defence electronics industry. The only difference is that smartphones don’t need to withstand battlefield conditions. To reconcile space and weight savings with extreme ruggedness and durability is the challenge for the defence equipment OEMs. The devices carried by a soldier or on a vehicle should be connected with each other, and they are ideally powered from a same source. Miniaturised connectors need the same performance and standards as their larger military-standard counterparts, but reducing the size can improve the performance.

The thickness of the metal connector shell and the search for new alloys and materials is also the key to square the circle of rugged yet lightweight construction. All in all, the improvement of the technological systems enables the front line soldier better connected, better informed, better protected and more effective than ever before.

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