German Army to receive additional batch of Future Soldier C2 systems

The German Army will receive additional IdZ-ES VJTF 2023 solider systems . The variant is based on Rheinmetall’s modular Gladius 2.0, showing (l) the CeoTronics CT-MultiPTT 3C central operation and control unit and chest-mounted tablet and (II) the single central hub. This configuration has two radios, suited for a platoon commander. (Giles Ebbutt)

Rheinmetall is to expand delivering its latest dismounted Future Soldier command-and-control (C2) system to the German Army.

As per a company announcement on 26 January, the German Bundeswehr has contracted Rheinmetall to deliver its ‘Infantryman of the Future – Extended System’ (Infanterist der Zukunft: IdZ-ES) to soldiers.

Fourteen ‘IdZ-ES’ “platoon systems”, comprising 476 systems in total will be delivered to individual soldiers, the announcement said.

Valued in the mid-double-digit million euro range, the contract was placed in December 2022 after Germany’s Bundestag approved a EUR100 billion (USD108 billion) defence fund, the announcement added.