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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on January 08, 2019, 01:35:52 pm

Title: The Army's M1 Abrams Tank Is About To Get Even Deadlier
Post by: rangerrebew on January 08, 2019, 01:35:52 pm

January 7, 2019

The Army's M1 Abrams Tank Is About To Get Even Deadlier

The Army is engineering new AI-enabled Hostile Fire Detection sensors for its fleet of armored combat vehicles to identify, track and target incoming enemy small arms fire.
by Kris Osborn

This system, integrated onto Apache Attack helicopters, uses infrared sensors to ID a “muzzle flash” or heat signature from an enemy weapon. The location of enemy fire could then be determined by a gateway processor on board the helicopter able to quickly geolocate the attack.

The Army is engineering new AI-enabled Hostile Fire Detection sensors for its fleet of armored combat vehicles to identify, track and target incoming enemy small arms fire.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/armys-m1-abrams-tank-about-get-even-deadlier-40847