Once identified, the simple-to-install hardware with Smart Shooter’s advanced image-processing software, works out an effective firing solution even as a soldier’s natural breathing and fatigue draws his aim off target. Once a shooter places the weapon’s crosshairs on its target, the shooter engages a lock button, which automatically alerts the system to target that specific target. How it Works A view of the rear of the SMASH 2000 fire control system (Courtesy of Smart Shooter) The SMASH Fire Control System works by tracking potential ground and aerial drone targets using a day or night mode with a traditional red dot sight picture. The United States Army expects to arm its soldiers with the NGSW and its advanced fire control systems beginning in 2023. The NGSW-FC’s aim is to field a smart optic to go on new NGSW. The NGSW’s 6.8 millimeter weapon which will come in both automatic and semi-automatic variants and is intended to replace the service’s M4A1 Carbine, M16 and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW).
Army infantry greater effective range by replacing the squad’s 5.56 mm NATO-chambered weapons with rifles that fire a new and unique 6.8 mm round. Defense Department requested $111.2 million from Congress in a budget request, made public on Monday, February 10, asking to more than double last year’s funding for the NGSW program, which includes $35.8 million for procurement. In 2019, the United States Army called upon defense firms to design and build prototypes of a smart fire control system to be integrated with the Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon. Courtesy of Smart Shooter and YouTube.) The Smart Shooter technology is currently competing in the United States Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon Fire Control competition (NGSWFC), even as the company continues development of the technology to incorporate additional enhancements. (The SMASH Fire Control System incorporates night vision, magnification, and target detection and tracking, using a sight that clips above the barrel and a special pistol grip. Designed to improve the accuracy of shooters targeting stationary and moving targets, the SMASH systems functions in both night and day conditions, enabling operators to acquire, lock on and engage targets. The company’s SMASH Fire Control System is comprised of a weapon-mounted aiming sight and a special pistol group that allows the weapon to fire a round only if the system can detect a guaranteed hit. (Courtesy of Smart Shooter) Smart Shooter, an Israeli company, recently demonstrated its new high-tech, smart-shooter technology which the United States Army is currently evaluating to potentially integrate with its Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW).
Smart Shooter’s fire control solutions were designed to give soldiers and law enforcement officials a precision edge in any given firefight, but the systems bring a range of additional training and operational benefits, and can be employed in a wide range of roles.