Future Infantry Soldier Technology
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The Future Infantry Soldier Technology - FIST, sometimes called the Future Infantry System Technology or Future Integrated Soldier Technology is a project by the British Army, which aims to enhance the infantrymen's combat effectiveness in the 21st century. The goal is to integrate a modular system of all equipment, weapons and their sighting systems, radios that the individual soldier carries or uses, in order to increase his overall effectiveness on the battlefield.
A major part of the FIST project is the Bowman communications system, which will for the first time give secure communications to the troops on the ground, allowing for simultaneous transmission of voice and data and having a built-in GPS equipment.
The project aims to deploy a whole suite of digitized weapon platforms by 2008. First major trials of the FIST system were completed on Salisbury Plain in January, 2005.