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