Multidomain operations require advanced approaches to effectively coordinate and integrate each domain. As an all-domain system house, Rheinmetall offers platforms, systems, and services on land, in the air, in space, at sea, and in the cyber and information domains.
Furthermore, Rheinmetall acts as a digital systems integrator that orchestrates multidomain operations via a software-defined battlesuite.
With the combination of the FV-014 Loitering Munition System, the Containerized Missile Launcher (CML) being demonstrated for the first time, and the Battlesuite, along with additional sensors, effectors, and platforms, this system integrates reconnaissance, command, and engagement into a single architecture.
Rheinmetall’s reconnaissance and strike network is an innovative solution for maximum transparency in the operational area, minimizes response times, and thus ensures a decisive advantage in protecting friendly forces, from the first signal in space to the impact on the ground. The Rheinmetall Battlesuite serves as the digital foundation of this combat network. It provides the framework for the digitalization of platforms, sensors, and weapons systems and, through open and standardized interfaces, enables the seamless networking of existing and future systems. This allows information to be made available more quickly, reduces integration efforts, and enables the utilization of existing capabilities from different manufacturers within a common command and information environment.
For Rheinmetall, the sensor-effector chain begins in space and orchestrates a nearly seamless situational picture with scalable effectors. This comprehensive situational picture forms the basis for applying rapid command and control processes to any threat quickly and appropriately. Unmanned systems are playing an increasingly important role in this context. The diversity of systems, from satellites and drones to armored vehicles, poses a risk: complexity and fragmentation. If systems are not networked with one another and do not implement coordinated, effective data exchange, the time advantage is quickly lost. This is where the Rheinmetall Battlesuite comes in.
The Battlesuite is not a traditional standalone product, but a revolutionary software architecture concept. It is based on standardized middleware, the Tactical Core, enabling a wide variety of applications and hardware platforms to be securely and interoperably networked and operated.
The Battlesuite is defined by the following three pillars:
• Openness: Moving away from vendor-locked siloed solutions toward non-proprietary standards.
• Interoperability: Seamless communication between partners, military branches, nations, and different hardware generations.
• Future-proofing: New AI-enabled capabilities can be seamlessly integrated into the existing system without requiring the entire infrastructure to be recertified.
Information flows from the orbital sensor through the Tactical Core to the effectors on the ground, at sea, or in the air. In this way, the Battlesuite creates the infrastructural foundation for Software Defined Defense.
In a world where the threat landscape is becoming increasingly unpredictable, Rheinmetall provides the answer: an integrated ecosystem that combines reconnaissance, command, and effect into a single unit.
