08 April 2021

Germany's blackned, Rheinmetall team to develop new IdZ soldier system

by Giles Ebbutt

German company blackned has partnered with Rheinmetall to develop the next version of the German Army’s Infantryman of the Future (Infanterist der Zukunft: IdZ) soldier system, incorporating blackned’s Guardstack android-based smartphone app as the single software-based security, integration, human-machine interface (HMI), and system management device.

Speaking at the SMi virtual Future Soldier Technology conference in March, blackned CEO Timo Haas explained that Guardstack technology emerged from work on the Bundeswehr’s Digitisation of Land Based Operations (DLBO) programme, evolving into a commercially available software package.

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