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The performance of land combat systems has proved decisive in recent conflicts, since the availability of mobile (tactical and strategical mobility) precision systems able to provide the necessary high degree of accuracy, efficiency and reactivity, are becoming increasingly important to avoid widespread collateral damage and reduce exposure of friendly forces. In particular, it is essential for Member States’ armed forces to provide combat units with increased engagement capabilities without being spotted and with a high level of success and survivability.

Some requirements are becoming increasingly important: provide the land and coastal combat units with an increased engagement capability and with a very high degree of success and survivability; discriminate between threats that are not always clearly identified and visible before firing; defeat targets that may mask or unmask at the last moment; avoid widespread collateral damage; providing conditions for a high level of survivability by low exposure as well as reachability with precision strikes over an area.

Proposals must address:

• the development of innovative technologies of interest to improve the performance of the capability;
• the update of BLOS collaborative close combat architecture for the integration of new technologies / capabilities;
• the development of effect management functions for BLOS capability;
• the development or the integration of a BLOS battlefield training system for collaborative training indoor, outdoor and being able to use force on force;
• the development of a common interface concept for dismounted system integration in light and medium vehicles and system compatibility with, but not limited to, ring mounted version;
• the demonstration of a BLOS collaborative engagement that:
  • should include firing from a dismounted version (possibly mounted on a light vehicle);
  • may include firing from a BLOS system integrated into a battlefield vehicle (deployed in a tactical situation).