Past Content

We’re pleased to feature an exclusive presentation from Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Ryan, titled "Future Challenges and Improving Lethality." Drawing on operational insight and strategic expertise, the presentation examines how dismounted forces can evolve to enhance agility, survivability, and lethality in today’s rapidly changing battlespace.

Discover exclusive insights from NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), presented by Dr. Ing. Col. (Rtd) Frederic Peugeot at Defence Transformation 2024. This presentation explores how multinational procurement and joint support are enhancing interoperability, reducing costs, and delivering operational agility across NATO forces. With the modern battlefield demanding greater connectivity and resilience, these lessons offer a rare look at how acquisition strategies are shaping tomorrow’s soldier.

Download now to access the full presentation and prepare for International Dismounted Soldier 2025.

Speaker presentation from Colonel Harm Van Der Have, Manoeuvre Education & Training Center, Netherlands Army from last year's iteration of International Dismounted Soldier.

No matter how battlefields evolve, the dismounted soldier remains the core of the land forces. To ensure that dismounted soldiers remain combat-effective, the organisation, tactics, and technologies employed need to continuously evolve to meet operational needs.

One of the questions plaguing defence future planners is, “How will we fight in the future?” Future soldier programmes try to answer this question for the dismounted soldier. As technology advances, improvements in size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) allow the dismounted soldier to carry more equipment and, therefore, do more. However, this is at odds with human factors such as physical and cognitive burden and complicated by the changing nature of the battlefield.

In this interview, we talk to Lieutenant Colonel Kai Falk, Capability Development Soldier Systems, Army Concepts and Capabilities Development Centre of the Bundeswehr on Germany’s Future Soldier Programme (Infanterist der Zukunft (IdZ)). We enquire about how recent developments have changed the direction of the IdZ, what is envisioned for the future, and how this vision is informed.