Product category: Batteries and Chargers
News Release from: Saft Lithium Battery Division | Subject: Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 19 April 2000
Saft batteries to power Land Warrior
Saft batteries will power Land Warrior, the US Army's computerised soldier of the future.
High performance, compact format MP series prismatic lithium-ion rechargeable batteries will play key role in success of computerised integrated fighting system Battery power rather than fire-power could be the vital factor in the combat success of Land Warrior, the US Army's six billion dollar computerised integrated fighting system for the dismounted infantryman So to keep all the vital electronic equipment operating at maximum power for a typical eight hour mission each soldier will carry a Saft high performance, lightweight rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Aug 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Land Warrior is being developed by Project Manager - Soldier (PM-Soldier) of the US Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command (SBCCOM) to provide everything a combat soldier needs: a helmet, a weapon, a backpack, and a computer/radio, in a fully integrated system.
According to Colonel Hank Kinnison, Training and Doctrine Command's systems manager for soldiers at Fort Benning, GA, Land Warrior is being built for "the rifle squad in close contact at two o'clock in the morning, in a driving rain storm with a stubborn enemy shooting back and rapidly moving against their positions." The goal is to enable the squad to "see that enemy more clearly, to see the battlefield more clearly, so that the platoon can get an advantage on its opponent." Land