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I saw the future of long range shooting today.
Cubic Defense Applications previewed their newest magic shooting technology today at the CONNECT MIP Awards in San Diego. They won the Aerospace and Security Technologies category for a 1000+ meter rifle scope that automatically compensates for wind drift.
The Product is called the "One Shot XG". It is a sensor on top of, and a heads up display attached in front of a standard long range scope. The sensor lights up a column of air in front of the rifle with an infrared laser, then uses a twin lens stereo IR camera to look at ripples in the air caused by gusting winds. They do some signal processing to turn the ripples into wind velocity and calculate a drift correction that is projected on top of the scope's reticle using the heads up display.
The sensor looks like a breadbox on top of the rifle now, but I'm sure they can shrink it. If they integrated this technology into a Burris Eliminator III to get 2D ballistic compensation they would really have something!
No idea if they can handle changes in scope power in this version, or if it works at max power only. I forgot to ask.
They are just about to go into production and will show it at SHOT 2014.
Looking forward to seeing where this goes...
Cubic Defense Applications previewed their newest magic shooting technology today at the CONNECT MIP Awards in San Diego. They won the Aerospace and Security Technologies category for a 1000+ meter rifle scope that automatically compensates for wind drift.
The Product is called the "One Shot XG". It is a sensor on top of, and a heads up display attached in front of a standard long range scope. The sensor lights up a column of air in front of the rifle with an infrared laser, then uses a twin lens stereo IR camera to look at ripples in the air caused by gusting winds. They do some signal processing to turn the ripples into wind velocity and calculate a drift correction that is projected on top of the scope's reticle using the heads up display.
The sensor looks like a breadbox on top of the rifle now, but I'm sure they can shrink it. If they integrated this technology into a Burris Eliminator III to get 2D ballistic compensation they would really have something!
No idea if they can handle changes in scope power in this version, or if it works at max power only. I forgot to ask.
They are just about to go into production and will show it at SHOT 2014.
Looking forward to seeing where this goes...
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