Singapore's Future High-Tech Soldier

The Singapore army recently unveiled the Advanced Combat Man System(ACMS)which is jointly developed by the Singapore Armed Forces and Defence Sciences Technology Agency. The Singapore soldier will be equipped with a helmet-mounted display which displays maps, messages from other soldiers and other infomation. He will also have an image- intensifying night vission goggles as well as microphones, hand-held computer and a camera which uses Bluetooth tchnology.
The soldier has a drinking tube and a body armour. The soldier’s rifle, the SAR-21 will be fitted with a Indentifcation Friend-or-Foe system which can find out if the person targeted is a comrade or enemy through a laser. The rifle also has a Thermal-Imaging Night-Vission Sight and an Integrated Hand-Guard which can toggle between the camera, compass and a laser range finder.
This new system will put quality into Singapore’s soldiers. None of its neghbours have developed or purchaser sush a system