Snipers to get guaranteed One Shot rifles

[JJ_BPK]

PFC RT2D2 "Reporting for duty, SIR... "

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

[Paslode]

I would wager that you will be able to hook the scope up to that new issued SmartPhone to upload new ballistics data and receive technical support

[Sinister]

I'll wager that the money spent on the R&D, testing, and life cycle of whatever gets bought could have bought generations of Soldiers a LOT of ammo and training.

Just sayin'.

[theis223]

When we go to the next war I hope the first thing that happens is a great big EMP. Ignore the guys shaking their useless phones and tapping on keyboards and screens. Follow the guys circling his hand above his head.

http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...t=smart+phones

[mark46th]

I was never a sniper but from what I understand, the shooting is the easy part. Getting out was the hard part.

[longrange1947]

I will only mention "Project White Feather".

[2018commo]

There are a few of these already, they are teaching at SWCS and it took over 50 years to make them. A plus is that they can multitask, conduct reconnaissance undetected for two weeks without firing the critical shot, teach indigenous forces and even breed new SF Soldiers. Good luck DARPA...