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Mar-25-2004 » Filed Under: General Military

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By K.L. Vantran
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 25, 2004 – Although the complete Land Warrior System -- a modular, integrated fighting system that includes everything an infantry soldier wears or carries on the battlefield -- is not due to be fielded until 2007, troops in the field already benefit from several of its components.

The goal of Land Warrior, said Army Col. Ted Johnson, project manager for Soldier Warrior, Program Executive Office Soldier at Fort Belvoir, Va., is to improve a soldier's ability on the battlefield. This, he added, includes enhancing a soldier's mobility, situational awareness (command and control and communications), lethality, sustainability and survivability. [...]

One of the system's achievements, said Army Lt. Col. Dave Gallop, product manager for Land Warrior, is how it has been leveraged to Stryker Force capabilities. The Stryker, the combat vehicle for the Army's interim brigade combat teams, is a highly deployable, wheeled armored vehicle that combines firepower, battlefield mobility, survivability and versatility, with reduced logistics requirements.

"We've optimized Land Warrior for Stryker operations," Gallop said. "It can do operations away from the Stryker, but it's at its peak performance when it is working based out of a Stryker."


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