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DARPA Awards Lockheed Martin $3.9M Contract to Develop Advanced Rifle Scope for Soldiers
Lockheed Martin ^
| 5/26/2010
| Lockheed Martin
Posted on 05/26/2010 8:17:49 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove
Just think! Back in the day, these guys made aircraft.
To: sonofstrangelove
Will the scopes have one of these etched on it?
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posted on
05/26/2010 8:21:03 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The Founders revolted for less.)
To: sonofstrangelove
Seems the Brits have a rifle & scope that we should buy.
A sniper took out 2 Taliban from over 1 1/2 MILES away.
To: sonofstrangelove
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posted on
05/26/2010 8:23:37 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( - Free Men will always be armed with the Truth. -)
To: wastedyears
Thats one disturbing looking Dingo...
To: smokingfrog
Me too. It will end up in the civilian market like night vision.
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posted on
05/26/2010 8:27:08 PM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
( "Fortes fortuna adiuvat"-Fortune Favors the Bold)
To: sonofstrangelove
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posted on
05/26/2010 8:27:16 PM PDT
by
SueRae
To: ridesthemiles
At that range no scope can guarantee you’ll hit what you’re aiming at given shifting wind resistance and target movement.
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posted on
05/26/2010 8:38:10 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: sonofstrangelove
"The system will enhance soldiers ability to accurately hit targets at a range of between three and 600 meters." Who, pray tell, uses a scope at three meters?
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posted on
05/26/2010 8:41:54 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
To: HangnJudge
It's yawning. Probably just woke up. Look at the way it's sitting. Non-threat mode this milli-second.
/johnny
To: sonofstrangelove
Range between 3 and 600 meters. Hmmm. I don't normally use a scope at 3 meters, but if they have one that can let you engage from 3 to 600 without moving to iron sights and back, that certainly helps the cheek weld and head position for accurate shots. High tech is so cool.
/johnny
To: TXnMA
No one. Its the range capability.
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posted on
05/26/2010 8:45:07 PM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
( "Fortes fortuna adiuvat"-Fortune Favors the Bold)
To: JRandomFreeper
Exactly. This is going to be very ccol.
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posted on
05/26/2010 8:46:04 PM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
( "Fortes fortuna adiuvat"-Fortune Favors the Bold)
To: sonofstrangelove
It sounds good, but I can’t imagine the “wind sensor” part working very effectively.
That said, I could sure use one for elk hunting.
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posted on
05/26/2010 8:47:51 PM PDT
by
Rio
(Don't make me come over there....)
To: Rio
May I suggest Stephen Hunter’s latest novel, “I, Sniper.” Looks like reality is catching up with fiction.
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posted on
05/26/2010 9:06:10 PM PDT
by
JayVee
(Joseph)
To: sonofstrangelove
Sounds like they are asking for range-spoofing problems as seen in autofocus cameras — where it range-locks on a foreground bush instead of the distant target. Limiting the lower end to combat range should minimize that effect.
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posted on
05/26/2010 9:47:50 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
To: TXnMA
I would like to see the end product.
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posted on
05/26/2010 9:50:09 PM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
( "Fortes fortuna adiuvat"-Fortune Favors the Bold)
To: sonofstrangelove
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posted on
05/26/2010 10:10:06 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: sonofstrangelove
"I would like to see the end product." Me too! Wonder how they measure crosswinds - Laser Doppler?
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posted on
05/26/2010 10:23:04 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
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