By pressing a button on the side of an M4 carbine, soldiers can wirelessly transmit the Family of Weapon Sights-Individual’s sight reticle into the wide display screen of the helmet-mounted Enhanced Night Vision Goggle III and quickly fire at enemy targets.
“This is the first time that we have deliberately taken a weapon-mounted targeting sensor and integrated with a helmet-mounted mobility sensor to provide that rapid target acquisition capability,” said Dean Kissinger, electronics engineer for Soldier Maneuver Sensors at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
The Army first announced the effort in 2015. On Thursday, experts demonstrated a working low-rate initial production model at a special test-firing range, complete with a fog machine to obscure targets.
The weapon-mounted FWS-I “talks wirelessly to a smart battery pack that’s on a soldier’s helmet that then transmits a signal [to] the ENVG III, which now displays a reticle” the soldier can use to engage targets, said Master Sgt. Lashon Wilson, senior enlisted adviser for Soldier Maneuver Sensors.
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The US Military are expert at extinguishing the lives of the enemies of the US Government and the interests of the corporations who support and control the government. This technology will better equip them to kill anyone who challenges US Hegemony in the world.
Cool. He can stay behind the wall while seeing his shot alignment.
Might save a lot of lives.
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