Rheinmetall Opens Its Battlesuite Protocol

Rheinmetall has open-sourced the protocol for its Battlesuite connected weapon system, making a military systems interface available for developers to examine and contribute to. The potential benefit is greater interoperability.

An Open Interface for Defense Systems

The release gives developers a specific point of entry into defense technology: the Battlesuite connected weapon system protocol. Making that interface open-source allows outside contributions and may help developers improve how systems work together. Those are opportunities created by the release, rather than demonstrated improvements in interoperability or defense capabilities.