The Netherlands Ministry of Defence (MoD) displayed its latest version of the Verbeterd Operationeel Soldaat Systeem (Improved Operational Soldier System: VOSS) at the NEDS exhibition in Rotterdam on 28 November.
MoD officials told Jane’s this was the first time the upgraded variant of the VOSS ensemble had been presented in public following ‘final stage’ testing conducted by the Royal Netherlands Marines and the Royal Netherlands Army’s 13th Light Brigade in the first half of 2019 at home as well as abroad in Norway, Germany, and Scotland.
https://www.janes.com/article/93036/netherlands-mod-updates-voss-soldier-system
https://www.nidv.eu/agenda/neds2019/
‘Het vest van de gevechtsuitrusting.’ – “Amersfoort, 22 september 2017 .Op het terrein van de Vlasakkers worden de nieuwe Smartvesten uitgetest in kader van het VOSS” (Foto: Defensie)
Ref:
https://www.defensie.nl/actueel/nieuws/2019/02/12/laatste-testen-gevechtsuitrusting-en-voss
https://www.defensie.nl/actueel/nieuws/2018/06/20/militairen-testen-draagvesten-en-rugzakken
https://magazines.defensie.nl/materieelgezien/2019/01/10_sluwe_voss
https://www.dutchdefencepress.com/het-smart-vest-een-soldier-modernisation-systeem-voor-de-benelux/
