10-04-2010, 04:55
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Snipers to get guaranteed One Shot rifles
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THE US military wants computers to aim its soldiers' guns for them - but are they as accurate as human operators?
Next year, they'll find out after the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently awarded a US$6.9m contract to Lockheed Martin to develop its "One-Shot" system.
FOX News reports the One Shot system "will provide direct observations of a target, measure every variable that influences a bullet’s flight, and calculate the aim offset in a sniper’s rifle scope".
The project has been in development since 2007, and so far has successfully trialled a system that canvasses average crosswind and target range as well as air temperature, pressure and velocity.
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http://www.news.com.au/technology/sn...#ixzz11O0IxF4y
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