FALIN Concept

The 1st Infantry Regiment of the French Army has successfully completed soldier orientation on the FELIN Modernization Initiative.

FALIN is a concept designed by Sagem developed under a contract awarded by the DGA in March of 2004.

FALIN is a forcklift upgrade of the soldier that includes clothing, sensors, wearable computer, communications, display system, protection and weapon system. FELIN comes in at 24kg (53 lbs) fully loaded – batteries, water, ammo, etc.

The clothing has been ergonomically enhanced and is NBC ready.

 Weapon systems based on the FAMAS assault rifle will be enhanced with a number of sensors delivering interesting capabilities. The FAMAS rifle equipped with I2 and a wireless networked video camera will send video images to torso or head mounted displays. The video signal can be transmitted to C2, for enhanced situational awareness. Command weapons and sniper systems are included in the modernization initiative with enhacements that iclude thermal sights, GPS, LRF and a digital compass. All of the data collected by these sensors is available and networkable.