Mit dem Smash X4 hat der israelische Hersteller Smart Shooter jüngst eine neue Version seines Feuerleitvisiers für Handwaffen herausgebracht.Michael Fiedler, Direktor Sales und Marketing Europe beschrieb gegenüber Soldat & Technik: „Das X4 wurde entwickelt, um die Identifizierungsreichweite sowie die Kampfentfernung von Smash signifikant zu erhöhen.
Smart Shooter was established to develop innovative technologies that help military and law enforcement professionals swiftly and accurately neutralise their targets.SMASH seamlessly blends electro-optical hardware and embedded software in ergonomically optimised upgrade packages for a wide range of rifles.
Technologien aus Kampfflugzeugen können für Handwaffen genutzt werden. Eine neue Feuerleitvisier-Produktreihe macht diese Technologie jetzt verfügbar. Ursprünglich wurde es zur Abwehr brennender Flugdrachen entwickelt, mit der Terroristen Felder in Brand stecken.
An Army assessment has narrowed down the number of counter-drone systems that will continue receiving investment from the joint force as the Pentagon looks to reduce redundancy.
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:35 A.M.) – On Sunday, the Russian Air Defense Force Commander Alexander Leonov announced that the Tor anti-aircraft missile system had destroyed more than 45 combat drones in Syria.
“Since the beginning of the combat mission, the Tor anti-aircraft missile system has managed to destroy more than 45 combat drones (in Syria),” Leonov said.
Ende Mai tauchten Bilder von US-Soldaten im Netz auf, die in al-Ganf in Syrien die moderne Zieloptik Smash 2000 auf M4A1-Sturmgewehren montiert haben und damit Flugziele – an Quadrocopter-Kleindrohnen befestigte Pappkartons – bekämpften.
The Libyan National Army (LNA) faction has said it attacked an airport from which Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were being flown in support of the Government of National Accord (GNA) it is trying to oust from Tripoli.
South Korea will invest KRW88 billion (USD74 million) to develop a laser-based anti-aircraft weapon system, according to a 17 September statement by the country’s Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA).
The US Air Force awarded Raytheon a contract for in-field experimentation with its high-power microwave system.
The system can be used to take down UAVs by disrupting or permanently damaging their electronics.
Dedrone, a San Francisco-based start-up company, has purchased the DroneDefender counter-small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) technology developed by Battelle, an Ohio-based research organisation.