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Project AHEAD
Advanced helmet and devices for individual protection
Joint Investment Programme on Force Protection A-0352-RT-GC
Project implementation period: 11.2008-04.2010
Coordinator: Galileo Avionica S.p.A., Italy
The objective of the Project is to forecast the evolution of the existing or new technologies which can improve . the Protection of the individual. The main type of operations of today.s military engagement is mainly determined by asymmetric conflicts. For such conflicts, traditional military equipment might not be the optimal means for fulfilling the underlying task and protecting the own forces. To determine the optimal means to be used in these situations, relevant urban operational scenario shall be analyzed carefully.
The Project Consortium will state clearly what is, today, the equipment used by the Soldier and Warrior Programmes (FELIN, SOLDATO FUTURO, FUTURE WARRIOR, FIST) in different countries. The Consortium will then propose an evolution of the .System Soldier. outlining the requirements from the above mentioned scenario, evaluating the existing and novel technologies and foreseeing their evolution in sensors, actuators and others devices with the possibility to integrate them in intelligent, modular and portable equipment.
Partners:
- Elettronica Aster S.p.A, Italy
- Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurement, Poland
- Military University of Technology, Poland
- Air Force Institute of Technology, Poland
- Laboratorio de Defesa Biologica (LDB), Portugal
- TEKEVER, Portugal
- IABG, Germany
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