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Lockheed Martin develops new military rifle scope
AP Finance on Yahoo ^ | 5/26/10 | AP

Posted on 05/26/2010 11:33:10 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- Lockheed Martin landed a $3.9 million contract to develop a rifle scope attachment meant to improve accuracy in the U.S. military.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract authorized the development of system using a low-power laser rangefinder that adjusts for wind and other environmental conditions. The system is meant to allow soldiers to accurately view targets at varying distances without changing scopes.

Scopes currently focus primarily on a single target range "impacting soldiers' effectiveness and survivability when engaging targets at different distances during a single mission," said Dan Schultz, a Lockheed Martin vice president.

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To: NormsRevenge

I hope this is commercial in time for elk season..........(ha ha)


21 posted on 05/26/2010 11:54:27 AM PDT by llevrok (A stranger in my own country)
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To: NormsRevenge

Crazy, but surely a joke.
AN/PVS-14
Aimpoint magnifier
2 x Aimpoint CompM4.


22 posted on 05/26/2010 11:54:54 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE (h)
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To: SJSAMPLE
Does the taliban have that?

Not yet; but soon is my guess.
23 posted on 05/26/2010 11:56:17 AM PDT by tpmintx (Liberalism=Envy + Governmental authority. (I'm green; are you?))
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To: llevrok

probably wouldn’t matter for me but for hunters , you bet ..


24 posted on 05/26/2010 11:56:41 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
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To: tpmintx

They’re top scientists are working on it.


25 posted on 05/26/2010 11:56:58 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE (h)
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To: Steve Van Doorn
That is odd to even put a scope on those weapons.

Oh come on... when dumping a 30 round 5.56 magazine on full auto, it most definitely helps to have a precision scope. Preferably a 10x-30x zoom.

26 posted on 05/26/2010 11:57:53 AM PDT by green iguana
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To: equalitybeforethelaw
You don’t want to put a scope any more powerful that 2x on a a straightleg infantrymans rifle. Otherwise you will keyhole his vision.

My Son-in-law, a Marine in a weapons Battalion, has a 3.5 power Trijicon ACOG on his duty M-4. Also has a AN/PEQ-16A laser/IR sight.

27 posted on 05/26/2010 12:01:28 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: Steve Van Doorn
That is odd to even put a scope on those weapons.

Search for the term "ACOG" on your favorite search engine. Much of our ground troops are using them in conjunction with lasers for short range.

28 posted on 05/26/2010 12:03:48 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: Thurston_Howell_III
How is a scope local to a rifle going to compensate for wind downrange? I was taught to look at angles to determine the wind velocity downrange, how is a scope going to do that?!

Maybe it has an attached weathervane, windsock and anemometer

29 posted on 05/26/2010 12:04:20 PM PDT by fso301
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To: tpmintx
...Does it contain references to Bible verses?

Mine do!

30 posted on 05/26/2010 12:04:35 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: SJSAMPLE

Their

(I’m so ashamed)


31 posted on 05/26/2010 12:09:37 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE (h)
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To: Thurston_Howell_III
How is a scope local to a rifle going to compensate for wind downrange? I was taught to look at angles to determine the wind velocity downrange, how is a scope going to do that?!

Check out Doppler LIDAR. It's like radar but uses much smaller wavelength laser light pulses instead of radio and therefore can see the motion of individual air particles. I would love a device like this for thermal hunting when paragliding. Making no mistakes a paraglider, hang-glider or sailplane might fly hundreds of miles until sunset.

32 posted on 05/26/2010 12:34:59 PM PDT by Reeses (Children, prisoners, and Democrats need adult supervision.)
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To: Thurston_Howell_III

33 posted on 05/26/2010 12:40:15 PM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (A half-truth masquerading as the whole truth becomes a complete untruth. (J.I. Packer)
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To: rahbert
Can’t the laser be seen and thus give away the troop’s positions?

Yes, it can give away the position of the laser but the laser doesn't need to be at the same position as the troops or robot holding the gun. There can be decoy lasers to flush out or confuse a well-equipped enemy. A sniper bullet is probably not enough in this case.

34 posted on 05/26/2010 12:51:58 PM PDT by Reeses (Children, prisoners, and Democrats need adult supervision.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Where’s the bayonet?


35 posted on 05/26/2010 1:20:40 PM PDT by B4Ranch ("You cannot defeat an enemy you will not define.")
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To: Reeses

Why stop at sunset? Keep on keeping on!


36 posted on 05/26/2010 1:32:30 PM PDT by Thurston_Howell_III (Ahoy polloi... where did you come from, a scotch ad?)
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To: equalitybeforethelaw
You don’t want to put a scope any more powerful that 2x on a a straightleg infantrymans rifle. Otherwise you will keyhole his vision. Brits tried using 4x in Norther Ireland and found it to be sub optimal. They recommended based on their use magnification between 1.5 to 2x. This allow full vision with a slight bump up to the shooter in aim point.

I like the Weaver V3 (a 1x-3x variable, also recommended by JP Enterprises: http://www.jprifles.com/1.6.3.3_Weaver.php ). At 1x, you can see absolutely everything with both eyes open, and it's about as quick on the target (with the heavy reticle) as a red dot. If you need some magnification, crank it up to 3x, and you're good for two or three hundred yards (probably more, if your eyes are better than mine ;>)...

37 posted on 05/26/2010 4:04:51 PM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("Sometimes I have to break the law in order to meet my management objectives." - Bill Calkins, BLM)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

>Built-in wind-o-meter.

They’ll know it’s working when trying to view a politician through it causes overloads trying to calculate the wind [speed].
[/sarc]


38 posted on 05/26/2010 6:05:26 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Thurston_Howell_III

The only way it would make sense is if the soldier could estimate the wind speed and enter it into the computer. Since it has a distance from the laser rangefinder, and it knows the exterior ballistics, it could adjust the windage and elevation settings.

I can’t see the point of putting this on a battle rifle, especially a carbine. If I was a sniper, I’d love to have such a tool. It makes no sense to put it on a short barrelled rifle that was designed for urban combat.


39 posted on 05/27/2010 6:44:28 AM PDT by sig226 (Mourn this day, the death of a great republic. March 21, 2010)
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