Thursday, April 23, 2009

U.S. Army Tests UAV Sniper

Now any 13 year old kid will be able to take out hostiles. Fox News

The U.S. Army is testing the Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System (ARSS) — a remote-controlled unmanned Vigilante robot helicopter equipped with a high-velocity sniper rifle.

Its RND Edge semi-automatic gun is mounted on a self-stabilizing turret with built-in zoom camera, and fires 7 to 10 precisely aimed .338-caliber rounds per second.

Back on the ground, a human directs it using a modified Xbox 360 controller, which plugs into a laptop so that the operator can see what the drone sees.

1 comment:

#1 infidel said...

That is Sweet , I wonder if the Military will let A civilian do the Job ! Guns , remote control Helicopter , All with a 360 controller , And a laptop ! Now that would be one hell of a job !